But wasn't that a complaint for years and years? Other countries that perpetually won gold medals paid their Olympic athletes to train and compete, yet in the U.S. it was only non-professional players allowed to compete in the Olympics. It wasn't that long ago it changed somewhat. Remember the first U.S. Olympic basketball team comprised of professional players? :0)
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>>US hockey and basketball players are not paid to play in the Olympics.
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>But they are paid, rather handsomly, to train and compete in the sport else where. It amounts to the same thign.
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