sure. But the line for me, a pro gets a check playing their sport with or without Olympic participation. Phelps or Bolt aren't getting those checks without the Olympics. Who watches a pro swim league? Serena, carmelo, and bubba OTH...
On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 3:56:02 PM UTC-7, Brewster Fong wrote: > > > > On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 4:25:42 PM UTC-7, Daniel D. wrote: >> >> Dolphin's don't have thighs?:p The olympics have been open to pros for a >> while. Rosters for tennis, basketball, golf, and soccer are full of pros. >> > > Don't forget gymnastics, track and swimming too! With all the > endorsements, appearance fees, stipends, honorarium (sp?) or whatever you > want to call it, the top names can earn millions! Ask Michael Phelps or > Usain Bolt or any gold metal gymnast....probably the only true amateur > sports are like badminton or maybe rugby. Basically, any sport that is even > semi-commercial are going to have pro athletes. Good Luck! > > > >> On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 2:38:35 PM UTC-7, Lungimsam wrote: >>> >>> I saw some of the men's time trials today while chowing down at the >>> sushi buffet with the wife. >>> >>> Those guys have dolphin thighs. No wonder I am such a weak rider. Gotta >>> have respect for them. They earned the dolphion thighs and they sure do get >>> to enjoy going fast. >>> >>> But I wondered about the pro racers. I thought Olympics was >>> for amateurs, not pros. >>> >>> Perhaps the pros that were racing aren't currently under contract and >>> that technically makes them amateurs? >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
