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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? |
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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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