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Every other country pales in comparision to the USA in basketball, men and women. The men won by 83 points! {nm} MrSmitherz Aug 03, 15:30

You're stating the obvious. Still, that score looks like an aberration to me... {nm} slappydavid Aug 03, 15:54

Oh please, multi-millionaire NBA players is not exactly the spirit of the games. Same with hockey for the winter games. {nm} elchan Aug 03, 16:00

USA isn't the only country with NBA players on it. Multiple countries feature them. {nm} MrSmitherz Aug 03, 16:03

Yes, but the point is any NBA players in the Olympics ruins the spirit of games. Almost every country offers money for medals now. elchan Aug 03, 16:11

If memory serves, Samaranch decided amateur status was impossible to police and out-of-date in the BC Aug 03, 19:05

Soccer is U23 with 3 wild cards I think... {nm} slappydavid Aug 03, 21:25

Yeah, I never liked Antonio Samaranch. It was he, who commercialized the games. Before him, no one made profit in the Olympics. elchan Aug 04, 05:15

There are professionals in every other sport though too? {nm} MiyazakiFan Aug 04, 11:40

Before they commercialized everything, remember how athletes were not allowed to be paid for their performance? {nm} elchan Aug 04, 15:05

You wouldn't be complaining if Canada could actually field a halfway decent team. {nm} MrSmitherz Aug 03, 16:09

Not true, didn't you read me complaining about NHL players in hockey too? {nm} elchan Aug 03, 16:57

They only beat Lithuania by 5. {nm} Antibody Aug 04, 10:06