Scotland have their own football team, rugby team etc. so why not their own olympic teams? Only seems fair if you ask me.

Then we can hammer them at... everything else!

Jennifer Hynes, Plymouth, England

I have no doubt that Sir Craig Reedie is correct when he states that everything will be done to reject the SNP application. However, if he seriously believes that by 2012 the combined total of 810,000 Scots, who recently voted for the SNP at the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Council Elections, are suddenly going to disappear like "snaw aff a dyke" then sadly,
I'm afraid he is deceiving himself, and living in the past? Most Unionists are pragmatic enough to realise that the United Kingdom is now a quasi-federal state in everything but constitutional name! The centralised Great Britain still represented by his former sporting body is long Gone With
The Wind! The edifice of the allegedly unwritten U.K. constitution has long ago lost its appeal for the Scots, and as has been decisively proved by the SNP, is no longer able to withstand the democratic appeal of a sovereign Scottish State! Lachie Todd

Lachie Todd, Edinburgh, Scotland

Scots, by and large, like the Welsh, Northern Irish and English generally perform best when representing the Union.

It's interesting seeing the athletes angle. Allan Wells now joins Hoy and Robertson (and no doubt others) against this move.

Our unfit FM joins the beer and pie brigade Tartan Army in saying 'aye'.

As a comparison it's no contest.

Stevie, Dundee, Great Britain

Absolutely not. Salmond is an idiot. This better be his first and only term in the Scottish Parliament. This country does not need him.

DJM, Glasgow,

Just as well you live in Bristol then AL. I'm all for us having our own Olympic team. You can keep Britain, thanks very much.

Jamie, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND

I am a proud Scot, but also a proud Briton.

If we, as a nation, are to perform to our best in international sporting events, be they rugby, football, the Olympics or others, then we should combine our (British) national resources, not split them.

Scottish teams have their place in events like Six Nations rugby and perhaps the Commonwealth Games. Let us take pride in our Scottish heritage by competing in events which pit us against our fellow British "nations", but work together as a United Kingdom in the face of larger, international opposition.

Al, Bristol,

Why shouldn't Scotland have its own team?

I wouldn't be seen dead waiving a Union Flag.

I wish the SNP well on this one.

A Proud Scot, LONDON,

yes it is a sensible idea to have a Scottish Olympic team.
This would focus the Scottish effort to get more behind their sportsman.(it’s not natural for a Scot to get behind a British banner that subconsciously stands for England)This would also give more aspiration to grass roots and aspiring athletes. Their maybe a few already at the top as seeing this as a way to losing sponsorship deals associated with a British team, but let's be honest if your good enough you will get it. The examples of to many Scots changing nationality to get funding must be reversed.

brian curry, livingston, scotland