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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Feb 2014
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Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
On 2/21/14, 12:30 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:52:27 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:
Isn't the U.S. Hockey
Team comprised of professional, highly paid National Hockey League players?
Yes, the tennis team is all pros as was the basketball team.
In all fairness, it was done because the Soviet block athletes were
paid, and still are.
The biggest payday is in Kazakstan where a medal is worth $250k.
Russia is close behind at $113k. They are pros who get paid to train
and compete.
Yeah, well, I watched a bit of Olympics when the athletes were amateurs.
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