the competition. Rather so-called amatures from the Soviets and other
Warsaw pact countries were mainly employed to play hockey - it just
wasn't called that. They may have been captains and other officers of
the 12th Guards Auxillary tank regiment of the Red army etc - which
didn't have any armoured vehicles, but had a great set of olympic
sized skating rinks and training facilities.
larry
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:07:07 -0400, Marwan Saidi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually Erika, that's not entirely true and hasn't been for some time.
> Remember the first Dream Team at Barcelona in '92? I hardly think that
> Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Shaquille O'Neal, Magic Johnson, etc could be
> considered amateur. For years the Russians dominated Ice Hockey because they
> were basically the Soviet (professional) All-Star team. I believe that any
> restrictions on professional American athletes used to come from the USOC,
> not the IOC. The athletes don't get paid to be IN the Olympics (as far as I
> know) but there is no restriction on professional athletes participating.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 8:55 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: WTF? $45 Million? (was RE: Olympic flame key in cannabis bust )
>
> You realize that athletes that perform in the Olympics do not get paid
> right?
> They can't ... It would strip them of their amateur status.
> Yes, there's plenty that have sponsors, but many more times that who
> don't.
> <http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=36>
>
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