On 07 Mar 06  12:04:20, Maurice Kinal got back to Danny Ceppa    
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    DC> It should all be about the game.     
      
    MK> What game?   
      
   Well, they started off as being one...    
      
      
    DC> They did it for the ratings.  Besides, other countries were already    
    DC> using pro athletes though they were supposedly amateur.     
      
    MK> Lack of credibilty.  If any part of it is rigged then it rots the   
    MK> entire concept.  The issue I have with hockey is that those same   
      
   Check out the Russian teams.  For quite some time their 'amateurs'    
   were that in name only.  They met the requiremenst, but they were    
   really full-time athletes.     
      
    MK> there.  With basketball it is even worse then that seeing that   
    MK> basketball isn't as universal, although that same thing could be said   
    MK> about most Olympic sports.     
      
   There are many sports I only hear about when the Olympics are held.     
      
    MK> Might as well make poker an Olympic sport   
    MK> now that it is starting to take over the airwaves.  Geez I thought   
    MK> golf was the most boring to watch but now I see it can get worse.    
      
   The poker games do seem to be everywhere.     
      
      
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