"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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Great points. I wish it was purely amateur as well. It
really said a lot
when US amateurs, without government funding, took on
virtual professional
state run teams of other countries. I also think team
sports should be
eliminated.


Any so called 'sport' that relies on judges should be
eliminated!

In its present iteration, the Olympics should be eliminated. Then new games
could begin with amateurs again. Used to be that an Olympic gold medal was
worth somewhere around a couple of million dollars to the athlete who was
fortunate enough to win one. Now many athletes can't even recall when they
"earned" their first two million.

Max