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To: Sam who wrote (192913)	6/30/2012 2:57:28 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542042

It should be called a "deadbeat fee." Or, more politely, a "free rider fee." It's too late. It's going to be called a tax now, no matter what Democrats say. I think Obama's got to respond by saying, "Hey, you guys can call it whatever you want. It was your idea in the first place, after all."

To: Sam who wrote (192913)	6/30/2012 3:20:06 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 542042

I am an amateur, in order to remain eligible to participate in the Avery Brundage Olympics. This ideal was best realized, Brundage believed, in amateur sports: the athlete, he stated, should compete "for the love of the game itself without thought of reward or payment of any kind", with professionals being part of the entertainment business. [65] Amateurism, to Brundage, expressed the concept of the Renaissance man, with abilities in many fields, yet a specialist in none. [66] en.wikipedia.org