-and-f: RE: Tyranny, revisited
on 24/7/01 3:20 PM, David Andersen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Individuals, acting in their own best interest (for love of
the sport, for money, for whatever turns them on) are self-motivated to
coach, create meets, practice medicine, perform research, and compete
25, 2001 2:32 AM
Subject: RE: t-and-f: RE: Tyranny, revisited
Well written (and an excellent comparable example related to the US
trials).
UG
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on 24/7/01 4:56 AM, David Andersen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Who needs who?
If the athletes who earn money and competed in a new competition that paid
more than the Olympics or worlds arrived fully fledged as stars you would
have a point.
But who is going to nuture the athlete when he or she
Man does not exist as a lone figure. The guiding concept that a man can take
without giving, that he/she owes nothing to those who came before, are now, or
will come after, leads neither man, nor sport, nor nation to well being, much
less to happiness.
Ngeny is freely pursuing what he judges
Development programs are a legitimate activity of an association, but hardly
essential. Many athletes find their way to success without the benefit of an
association. Individuals, acting in their own best interest (for love of
the sport, for money, for whatever turns them on) are self-motivated
The Kenyan federation seems to believe agents have no other motive than to squeeze as
much money out of their athletes as possible. While every agent would like to earn as
much money as possible, they know that the best way to do so is to have athletes that
win medals (especially gold) at the
It is possible to argue that if, say, Maurice Greene beat
everybody before the trials but was sick and had to miss them that he
deserved a place. Of course everyone knows the rules in the US's case but
what's the betting soon that this happens with someone and because track
and
is now
-and-f: RE: Tyranny, revisited
Development programs are a legitimate activity of an association, but
hardly
essential. Many athletes find their way to success without the benefit of
an
association. Individuals, acting in their own best interest (for love of
the sport, for money, for whatever
By the grace of reality and the and the nature of life, man - every man -
is an end in himself, he exists for his own sake, and the achievement of his
own happiness is his highest moral purpose.
- John Galt from Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
Who needs who? Do the athletes need the federations or
