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Supreme Being
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I think that the decision to stagger the summer and winter games so that we can watch Olympic level competition every two years was a smart decision. One thing I don't like or agree with is allowing professional athletes to play in the Olympics. They should go back to allowing amateurs to participate and leave the spoiled professionals sitting at home watching like the rest of us.
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Forum Guru
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I completely agree with you about letting the professionals play during the Olympics. This should be strictly for amateurs! The pros had their chance to make their mark and decided they'd rather have the money.
I also like seeing the games every 2 years now!
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I liked that they changed it to every two years as well. I also agree that there should be more amateurs, they deserve to have their time to shine.
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Supreme Being
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| I think many feel the same way as you do, I remember long ago it was worth watching and now it just seems like another way to make a buck or get free media shots. I also read today something about media censorship for the games, anyone gotta clue?
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Supreme Being
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| Although I have a big issue with professionals participating in the Olympics, I am wondering if this should apply right across the board. I think a distinction should be made betweeen say, track and field professionals and say basketball or soccer pros.
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Forum Guru
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| I didn't know there were track and field professionals. What am I missing? So far as basketball and baseball, I really don't think those should be in the Olympics period. All these "sports" just don't seem to fit in the Olympics to me. But if they are gonna have them then they should have the best players, which do tend to be the professionals. What kind of competition is there when the best players don't play?
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Supreme Being
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| I agree that some of the larger team sports (basketball and baseball) shouldn't be in there. I really miss the Olympics from about 10-15 years back. Competition was much tougher than and well worth watching.
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Supreme Being
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| So you don't want baseball and basketball which are inarguabley called sports, but do you support other additions such as skateboarding, snowboarding and mountain biking? There are plenty of piddly types of honored sports that have wiggled in, and some sports which aren't much of sports either.
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