Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cornell.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!cornell!wally From: wally@cornell.UUCP (Wally Dietrich) Newsgroups: net.sport Subject: Re: Olympics and Amateurism Message-ID: <6412@cornell.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 16:11:59 EST Article-I.D.: cornell.6412 Posted: Wed Feb 22 16:11:59 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Feb-84 06:07:28 EST References: <1201@mhuxj.UUCP> Organization: Cornell Computer Science Lines: 13 I have heard that the sports association for each sport (or set of sports, e.g. alpine skiing) makes up the rules on what you can do as an amateur. Several allow athletes to earn a certain amount of money to support themselves. They can earn quite a lot if they put it into a trust fund; I don't know what kind of conditions are placed on the fund. By the way, I'll bet that Descente paid the US Ski Team (not the skiers) to wear their ski outfits. I'm not complaining. It's about time amateurs in the West got paid an amount comparable to the Eastern "amateurs". I wouldn't complain if they opened the Olympics up to real professionals either. Wally