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Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
On 2/21/14, 1:19 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/21/2014 12:36 PM, 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. I did a term paper on the history of the Olympics back in high school. I remember it was very interesting as I researched the info. The ancient games in Greece were more of a religious event, honoring Olympic gods, particularly Zeus. They consisted of three basic physical events ... running, throwing and jumping. They started in 776 BC and continued for many centuries until they were outlawed in about 400 AD as being a "pagan ceremony". The modern Olympic games started in 1896. The ancient games were intended to promote peace and harmony among the various Greek towns and regions from which the athletes came. I always liked the field "throwing" events best...shot put, discus, and javelin. |
Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
On 2/21/14, 12:48 PM, KC wrote:
On 2/21/2014 12:23 PM, Poco Loco wrote: On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:52:27 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote: On 2/21/14, 10:39 AM, True North wrote: History has been made! A sport to be taken seriously! About two decades ago, I was in Thunder Bay, Ontario, in January. It was below zero when our plane landed, and the snow banks were humongous. I spent three days there. The hotel's TV only had three channels, and every channel was broadcasting live from a bigtime curling tournament somewhere in Canada. I had very little offtime when I was, but I did watch about a half hour of curling, and was fascinated by the special words and terms and descriptions of what was taking place, especially when the "finesse" aspects of the game were being described. It sort of reminded me of bocce and shuffleboard. It seems like an amateur sport, with no highly paid professionals. If that is true, then it surely is appropriate for the Olympics, which these days is overrun with professional athletes. Isn't the U.S. Hockey Team comprised of professional, highly paid National Hockey League players? Shuffleboard...that's what we've been saying. I can't understand why there are no highly paid players of the 'sport'. On a tangent, cause I can... There is starting to be some grumbling in the ranks of the MX world, the fastest man on the planet last weekend at the AMA Supercross event, paid $2500.. while the promoters made millions.... Perhaps the riders should unionize... |
Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
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Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
On 2/21/2014 12:36 PM, 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. What? You're against rewarding hard work with pay? |
Whoo hoo! Canada wins gold in men's curling.
HanK wrote:
On 2/21/2014 12:36 PM, 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. What? You're against rewarding hard work with pay? How is a poor kid going to be able to compete? |
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