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On a serious note, Avery Brundage fought for decades to keep
professionalism out of the Olympics. Ultimately he was overruled,
and it's damaged the games beyond repair, IMO. Only the relatively
non-pro sports, such as Biathlon, Luge, Skeleton, Bobsled, Curling,
etc. hold my interest any longer. I couldn't care less about
snowboard, freestyle skiing, alpine, men's hockey, and the other
pro-based events. Many of us remember the "miracle on ice" at the
Lake Placid 1980 Games, when the US amateur hockey team beat the
highly-pro Russians and went on to win the gold. That event will
never be repeated under the current paradigm.

Max


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.

Amen!

It was tragic when the IOC stooped to the lowest common denominator on
the pro issue. Instead of fighting to keep the games truly amateur,
they caved and let everyone get paid for doing what they do. Now we
have millionaires playing basketball, hockey, skiing, skating, etc.
And NBC would have us believe that these poor, downtrodden athletes
have sacrificed everything to get to the Olympics. Hogwash. If the
governments of the world follow the lead of the IOC, it won't be long
when all drugs are legalized because it's easier to acquiesce to the
elements in the toilet than fight for what is right.

Max


Legalizing all drugs is self regulating. Remember the lab monkeys giving
themselves overdoses?

The ACLU would be screaming bloody murder at the US government for not
being the proper nanny to the idiots who, like the primates, overdosed.
The only upside I see in legalizing drugs is that the sale of them would
be taxed, along with the abandonment of the so-called "war on drugs." A
lot of money would be generated and saved w/r/t the federal coffers.

Of course then we'd have to institute several multi-billion dollar
federal giveaway programs to help those addicted to drugs wean themselves
off for a few months before becoming addicted again.

Max

Max

I say make drugs of the highest purity available. No weaning necessary.

Say, did you ever see "Pulp Fiction?" That stuff John Revolta had might do
the trick.

Max