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Since Kimberly Duncan missed olympic cut....
Posted on 7/2/12 at 7:53 am
Posted on 7/2/12 at 7:53 am
Is she eligible to return for her senior campaign? Or did she burn her eligibility by trying to qualify?
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Posted on 7/2/12 at 7:54 am to iluvredboxx
Olympics are an amateur meet. Many collegians run in the olympics and return to college
Posted on 7/2/12 at 7:56 am to iluvredboxx
Yes. Lots of college athletes are in the olympics and return to college.
Posted on 7/2/12 at 8:25 am to bee Rye
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Olympics are an amateur meet.
Mostly. I agree with the general statement. But there are exceptions, such as basketball, beach volleyball.
Track athletes are sponsored so they are getting paid.
Posted on 7/2/12 at 8:46 am to graychef
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Track athletes are sponsored so they are getting paid
not all track athletes are sponsored..!!
Posted on 7/2/12 at 9:18 am to LSUtiger09
Here is the question:
Since K. Duncan did not qualify for the Olympics, will she return for her senior year?
She was weighing a professional career, in the event she succeeded on the world stage...now she has a decision to make.
K. Duncan was recruited out of Texas. She came to LSU, somewhat unheralded and the track staff elevated her skills and levels.
She could come back and lead LSU to another NC...we have ample talent returning and recruited a bang-up JUCO class...we shall see...
Since K. Duncan did not qualify for the Olympics, will she return for her senior year?
She was weighing a professional career, in the event she succeeded on the world stage...now she has a decision to make.
K. Duncan was recruited out of Texas. She came to LSU, somewhat unheralded and the track staff elevated her skills and levels.
She could come back and lead LSU to another NC...we have ample talent returning and recruited a bang-up JUCO class...we shall see...
Posted on 7/2/12 at 9:33 am to mistert
Kimberlyn.
Posted on 7/2/12 at 1:24 pm to bee Rye
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Olympics are an amateur meet. Many collegians run in the olympics and return to college
The Olympics haven't been an amateur event for at least 20 years when the Dream Team Barcelona by storm, but they have no affect on Duncan's eligibility since no one gets compensated for competing in them. Dwayne Wade thinks basketball players should get paid but I don't see that ever happening.
This post was edited on 7/2/12 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 7/2/12 at 1:51 pm to trackfan
If she made Olympics she was probably going to turn pro after that.
Not making Olympics may have altered that thinking but she still could decide to turn pro or come back to LSU to continue to hone her skills
She was the #2 at 200 meters in the world so it's kind of shocking that she did not make it to Olympics
Not making Olympics may have altered that thinking but she still could decide to turn pro or come back to LSU to continue to hone her skills
She was the #2 at 200 meters in the world so it's kind of shocking that she did not make it to Olympics
Posted on 7/2/12 at 2:03 pm to trackfan
quote:if you want to look at it that way, there have been professional athletes in the Olympics long before the Dream Team
The Olympics haven't been an amateur event for at least 20 years when the Dream Team Barcelona by storm
Posted on 7/2/12 at 2:12 pm to trackfan
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The Olympics haven't been an amateur event for at least 20 years when the Dream Team Barcelona by storm,
woah woah woah... every other country was playing with pros before us. we were sending college kids to dominate until 1992
Posted on 7/2/12 at 2:35 pm to bee Rye
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if you want to look at it that way, there have been professional athletes in the Olympics long before the Dream Team
But I'm talking about the Olympics officially opening up its doors to pro athletes. That happened 20 years ago. Now we send pro basketball playes, hockey players, cyclists, tennis players and track & field athletes.
This post was edited on 7/2/12 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 7/2/12 at 2:36 pm to trackfan
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. That happened 20 years ago.
no it didn't. Europeans and South American professionals were playing hoops way before 1992.
This post was edited on 7/2/12 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 7/2/12 at 2:41 pm to trackfan
quote:wrong
But I'm talking about the Olympics officially opening up its doors to pro athletes. That happened 20 years ago
Posted on 7/2/12 at 2:47 pm to bee Rye
You guys telling me the miracle on ice wasn't against pros??!!! 
Posted on 7/2/12 at 4:11 pm to Elleshoe
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no it didn't. Europeans and South American professionals were playing hoops way before 1992.
Please reread my post and pay special attention to this word: "officially". I'm not talking about nations that flouted the rules of amateurism. I know that was going on way before 1992.
Posted on 7/2/12 at 4:12 pm to trackfan
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Please reread my post and pay special attention to this word: "officially". I'm not talking about nations that flouted the rules of amateurism. I know that was going on way before 1992.
you're out of your element here. everyone knew those guys were professionals.
Posted on 7/2/12 at 4:13 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
quote:Officially? NHL players were banned from the Olympics back then.
You guys telling me the miracle on ice wasn't against pros??!!!
Posted on 7/2/12 at 4:14 pm to Elleshoe
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you're out of your element here. everyone knew those guys were professionals.
You are one obtuse individual.
Posted on 7/2/12 at 4:20 pm to trackfan
From wiki:
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As class structure evolved through the 20th century, the definition of the amateur athlete as an aristocratic gentleman became outdated. The advent of the state-sponsored "full-time amateur athlete" of the Eastern Bloc countries further eroded the ideology of the pure amateur, as it put the self-financed amateurs of the Western countries at a disadvantage. Nevertheless, the IOC held to the traditional rules regarding amateurism. Beginning in the 1970s, amateurism requirements were gradually phased out of the Olympic Charter. After the 1988 Games, the IOC decided to make all professional athletes eligible for the Olympics, subject to the approval of the IFs.
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