To: Gaffer
” I just don’t think many of the glamor Olympians of today are anything like what came before. The only way I can describe it is elitism.”
The Olympic Ideal died when they abandoned the principle of amateurism.
36 posted on
08/18/2016 9:16:25 AM PDT by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: dsc
The Olympic Ideal died when they abandoned the principle of amateurism.
Agree 100%. Adding insult to injury - I lost interest when they continued the 1972 games after the Israeli hostages were killed.
38 posted on
08/18/2016 9:23:24 AM PDT by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
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