Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 15:38:21 08/10/02
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On August 09, 2002 at 16:37:39, Roy Eassa wrote: >They are offering to give Kasparov $700,000 to show up and lose. He's only >human and that's an awful big temptation. Why would he work a thousand times as >hard for an extra 14%? > >Just show up, play casually and without concentrating very hard, and you're >$700,000 richer. > >I've never heard of a match in any sport in which somebody gets only 14% more >money for winning versus losing. > >Why not cut the loser's share dramatically and make it interesting? This is a very disturbing post. Who is making the offer ?... I dont believe it. If true it is shocking. The thing that bothers me also is all talk as if it were true.. Wayne
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