Re: t-and-f: What is a professional sport

2003-08-23 Thread Kurt Bray
Purely for amusement purposes, I'll throw out there that my prospective pro track league would have only the following events: 100m,400m,Mile,110H,5000m(with primes to inject excitement),javelin,pole vault,long jump, and maybe the shot. What? No 800m? IMHO the 800 is the perfect

Re: t-and-f: What is a professional sport

2003-08-23 Thread FranciCash
Yes indeed, you only need to look at Tennis's Kurnachova SP? to see what one with limited talent can do to attract the attention of the press. Maybe Allen Johnson needs to wear more provocative outfits?? Stella Franci

t-and-f: What is a professional sport

2003-08-22 Thread Ed Grant
Netters: Recent stories in local NJ papers about two professional leagues have led me to this post Just what constitutes a truly professional sport? The easy way is to say that it is a sport whose athletes are paid for their services and, as it goes, I guess that is an

Re: t-and-f: What is a professional sport

2003-08-22 Thread edndana
, the whole thing would be men only (another feature of nearly every pro sport). Most importantly, teams would be featured heavily. - Ed Parrot - Original Message - From: Ed Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: track net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 12:01 AM Subject: t-and-f: What