> OK, now that I started this mess, lets go on to this weekend at BU.  I want nothing more than to see terriers and their fans running for the exits.  I think if this team explodes at the finish they will have a decent run from there on in.  The seniors step up and the whole unit play good sound basic disciplined hockey.-GO BLUE
> From: "Wayne T. Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2002/02/26 Tue PM 12:29:27 EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Olympic Poll
>
>    Glad to see we rattled some cages! ;-)
>
> Quotes excerpted from ([log in to unmask])'s recent post ...
>
> >Just to add my opinion to this topic, I must admit that
> >I'm a bit torn.  I agree with Nonni that the Olympics
> >are supposed to be all about the amateurs.  ...
>
> Having the *best* at their sport is good for me.  I don't care if the
> Olympics uses amateurs or not.  I like thinking of the Olympics as
> contests with world-class *experts*.
>
>    amateur 1 a person who engages in some art, science, sport, etc.
>            for the pleasure of it rather than for money;  a
>            nonprofessional;  specif., an athlete who is variously
>            forbidden by rule to profit from athletic activity ...
>
> Having Home Depot hire 200+ athletes, work them 20 hours per week
> around the athletes schedule, and paying them for 40 hours is great
> support for the Olympics and I'll applaud Home Depot all day for it.
> But don't call those athletes amateur, IMHO.
>
>    And that's why I don't consider D-I college athletics amateur.
>    But I like it anyway, and hope the experience helps enough
>    people (athletes) to be worthwhile.
>
> cheers, wayne
>
> Wayne T. Smith
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