Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 13:00:09 08/23/01
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On August 23, 2001 at 15:43:58, Dann Corbit wrote: >On August 23, 2001 at 15:34:01, Olaf Jenkner wrote: > >>> >>>There are amateur athletes that participate in 2 or more Olympic competitions, >>>and they are still considered "amateurs". >> >>As far as I know are only amateurs allowed in Olympic competitions. >>Samaranche changed this but the main idea of Olympic competitions >>is amateur sports. > >The "Dream Team" springs to mind. >Ice Hockey. > >Amateur track and field? These guys and gals get paid 6 figures to run around >an oval. > >The only place that amateur sports exists is at the high school level and below, >and if you are a good enough high school player, there is some question in that, >according to some things that I have seen. > >Amateur sports no longer exist, really. Except with little kids. They do exist, but they are endangered species :-) For instance, Rugby is still _truly_ amateur in few places (Argentina is one of them but not for long). Regards, miguel
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