Why can professional hockey players play in the Olympics? Isn't it supposed to be only for amatuers?
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I think it is suppose to be about the best of the best. Since they get paid alot of money to play a game, chances are they are the best at what they do. That doesn't mean that there aren't amatuers out there that might deserve to be there but were overlooked due to status.British Dressage Tests and Prix Caprilli?
not only pro hockey players, but check out the summer olympics - a few years ago they had basketball - with pro basketball players.What's the difference between a standard bar and an olympic bar?
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it supose to be the best of all the AMATUERs in the world but there is so much money adn revenue that the olympics bring in to countries that all they are looking for is money and they screw the amatuers who deserve to be in the olympics instead of the pros. They even win money win they win a medalWho is the hottest female skater?
well in the summer olympics both basketball and soccer are pro so why not hockey!Not any more. Unfortunately, the Olympics are not the same as previous. Most athletes are multi-millionaires before going to Olympics and do not want to risk getting hurt and loose their nest eggs. "Miracle on Ice" will not ever happen again.
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Once upon a time the Olympics were for non pros but this was a rule we put on ourselves, unfortunately it seems to be going the way of the dodo.More Questions & Answers...