The long term university students with golden long term “scholarships” in the US, the Soviet soldiers with unlimited hours for their “hobby”, and the legion of public employees in European countries that went for 8 hours runs before “work” were 100% not professional athletes.
Pro athletes weren’t (officially) allowed to compete in the Olympics until 1988
The long term university students with golden long term “scholarships” in the US, the Soviet soldiers with unlimited hours for their “hobby”, and the legion of public employees in European countries that went for 8 hours runs before “work” were 100% not professional athletes.
This would get me to actually sit through a meeting, but at what price?
there’s a huge difference between collegiate and non-paid athletics and dale in the example above.