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Subject: amateurs in Olympics
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Date: Thu, 17-May-84 15:42:17 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 17 15:42:17 1984
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The original olympics weren't amateur at all -- the winners got a BIG chunk
of money, not to mention that they were glorified in their home town,
ensure
damn -- ensuring that they got lots of juicy fringes...

In fact, the requirement that the athletes be amateur was started by the
British/English guy who re-started the Olympics.  He wanted to make sure
that only the upper-class could compete, unsullied by contact with the
working classes who had to work for a living.