Yet their alleged involvement rates far less prominent news coverage than baseball players have received.
There was no independent account of the fighting and no group has claimed involvement so far.
Barack Obama and Nato have avoided any military involvement so far, partly at the bidding of the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, the EU's lead mediator.
The deputy opposition leader, Tanya Plibersek, repeated on Friday that Labor backed the involvement so far, but would not get behind "boots on the ground".
Consider what young voters are saying a selection of opinion pieces written by young people about the upcoming elections and how their level of involvement so far compares with youth involvement in the 2008 election.
Though Rayo's involvement so far may appear to be primarily for commercial benefit, Marcina said that he is not ruling out players from the Spanish club joining Rayo OKC in the future.
Brad Lund, the managing partner, said that the biggest benefit he has seen in Rayo Vallecano's involvement so far is just how hands-on the La Liga club have been.
Given Mr Hussein's involvement in far more heinous crimes, including the gassing, slaughtering and torturing to death of some 300,000 of his fellow Iraqis, it may seem odd to have started with a minor case.
Mr. Parry-Jones's involvement goes far deeper, and he may come to be identified with particular models in the way that Lee A. Iacocca is known as the father of the Mustang; as Harley Earl, the legendary General Motors designer, is associated with the flamboyant, big-finned 1959 Cadillac; and as John Z. DeLorean gained fame for creating the Pontiac GTO.
Even without the fine print of a bailout, such a pledge might be enough to secure the release of the next tranche of funding for Greece from the International Monetary Fund, though whether Germany would sign up for such a declaration without a clear plan for private sector involvement remains far from clear.
