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Message: [QUOTE="LCConnFan, post: 4105560, member: 10550"] I won’t argue your point here about the Olympics, EXCEPT, that instead of stepping in and ‘forcing’ these countries to comply, the IOC just caved and ignored it. So this made the Olympics better? IMO, No. As far as the rest of your reply, my response is this: First off, we all know that EVERYTHING today is all about the money. There’s no denying it. Secondly, I respect your ‘opinion’, but the rest of what you said could be summed up by saying that you’re putting the proverbial cart before the horse! No. 1 is that these student athletes are NOT professionals (yet), in the sense that they are not fully trained, otherwise they wouldn’t need to go to a university! They’re going to there to ‘become’ fully trained by their coaches, honing their skills, so that they can, hopefully, (if that is what they want) become a professional athlete! If you, and may others believe that these ‘student athletes’ should be paid because they deserve to get compensation for what they are good at, then I say to you this: that ALL college attendees, that are “good at” what THEY do while they are studying (to become a professional), should be paid. If they are studying to become a teacher, a doctor or lawyer (and they are good at it while studying in college), then they should be paid. No? It’s the same thing as an athlete! All those that are attending a university are [I]‘studying to become a professional’[/I]. To sum it up…………[I]They’re not ready yet![/I] [/QUOTE]

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