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Article #269Re: Professional athletes in Olympics?
From: Glyn Simpson
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 12:42
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 12:42
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packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes: : I've never paid much attention to the Olympics, but : have always known they are for =amateurs=, no : professional athletes need apply. Now comes a front : page story in the NY Times about the "Dream Team" : of professional basketball players. There was no : background explanatory material in the story. : Could somebody bring me up to date on this situation? I heard a lot about these people before the games, and then nothing during them. Did they actually play anything ??? Again, with professionals, we have all the tennis players too at the Olympics. The IOC were saying that they need to reduce the size of the games - there were 15000 sportsmen and sportswomen there anyway - if they got rid of the tennis that'll be a good start. Theres enough on tv as it is, without having it at the olympics. -- Glyn Simpson, Systems Officer, // Voice: +44 (0) 21 414 6575 University of Birmingham // Fax: +44 (0) 21 414 3952 Email: G.Simpson@bham.ac.uk // NIC Handle: GS56
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