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>If I practised picking my nose every day 5 days a week I'd expect to be the very best nose picker in the world but no one would pay me money for it and there wouldn't be a bloated group of administrators making money out of it.
But you could have your own reality TV show ! (and would ultimately lose your crown to a more driven picker willing to put (his finger) in *6* days a week.)
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>If every sports person held down a proper (full time) job and did their sport at the weekend or evening for pleasure I'd be very happy to see them compete. The games could be held in existing facilities and the athletes could find board and lodging with hard up families who could be paid some money for their trouble. Or they could stay in unused student accommodation. I cannot understand why all this stuff has to be built new every time.
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We already have that - it is called high school athletics. The only people who go watch are the parents. Not sure there would be the same TV deal.
>Oh and the athletes all have to compete naked *(as in ancient Greece)
Oh, okay, maybe you have considered the TV deal ...
Charles Hankey
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- Thomas Hardy
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-- T. S. Eliot
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