Re: RC: Re: Show me the money

["Truman Prevatt, PhD" <tprevatt@mindspring.com>]

That's no longer true. It all changed in 1988. The 1988 US basketball team
was the NBA all stars. Long gone are the days when Jim Thorpe was stripped
of his metals for playing a few games of semipro baseball for a few bucks
a game.

Truman

jsalas wrote:

> Howard,
> If I am not mistaken, no one can qualify for any Olympic Game if they have
> been paid for their participation in a sporting event. True? That doesn't
> mean they can't get "sponsors" to help with the cost of getting to the
> Olympics. The Olympics then, are for amateurs. They don't go pro, and get
> paid until after they get a medal. And most times, not even then. 
> So this "World Masters" is separate from any Olympic event.