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<blockquote data-quote="brakel" data-source="post: 134383" data-attributes="member: 416"><p>The ban on professional athletes started to erode as the difference between the pro and the amateur athlete started to get fuzzy. After the communist nations created the year round training model it wasn't too long for the capitalists to catch on. Instead of the State providing the training facilities, dormatories and no show jobs it became the big consumer driven companies that wanted to have a sporting image. The Coca-Cola and Kodaks of the free world provided top notch training and jobs and everything else that the amateur athlete needed to succeed not just at the Olympics but at world championships every year. </p><p></p><p>Once you have big corporations propping up the finances of the athletes its not such a stretch to then remove the exclusion to make money directly from sports. To some degree its also just. Billions of dollars are being made over the performance of these athletes. Why shouldn't they be able to make some money as well. They're not being paid directly by the Olympics. They're still competing for medals and just the privilege of being there. There's no reason why the Olympic corporation, NBC and other media and every other person and corporation should make billions of dollars while the celebrated athletes have to go home to work in the local warehouse in order to pay for their training. </p><p></p><p>These are the same arguments being made about NCAA athletes as well. College sports is another billion dollar industry. Money is every where. Oh, but don't even think about taking $10 for an autograph kid! I think in the not too distant future NCAA athletes will be compensated with more than tuition, room and board.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brakel, post: 134383, member: 416"] The ban on professional athletes started to erode as the difference between the pro and the amateur athlete started to get fuzzy. After the communist nations created the year round training model it wasn't too long for the capitalists to catch on. Instead of the State providing the training facilities, dormatories and no show jobs it became the big consumer driven companies that wanted to have a sporting image. The Coca-Cola and Kodaks of the free world provided top notch training and jobs and everything else that the amateur athlete needed to succeed not just at the Olympics but at world championships every year. Once you have big corporations propping up the finances of the athletes its not such a stretch to then remove the exclusion to make money directly from sports. To some degree its also just. Billions of dollars are being made over the performance of these athletes. Why shouldn't they be able to make some money as well. They're not being paid directly by the Olympics. They're still competing for medals and just the privilege of being there. There's no reason why the Olympic corporation, NBC and other media and every other person and corporation should make billions of dollars while the celebrated athletes have to go home to work in the local warehouse in order to pay for their training. These are the same arguments being made about NCAA athletes as well. College sports is another billion dollar industry. Money is every where. Oh, but don't even think about taking $10 for an autograph kid! I think in the not too distant future NCAA athletes will be compensated with more than tuition, room and board. [/QUOTE]
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