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Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
On 2/21/2014 12:44 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:36:56 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:
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.
You aren't old enough.
The Russians have been using professionals for many, many years.
They also often used "girls" who were actually "guys" .... thus making
gender tests necessary.
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