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Dan
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 Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:10 am Post subject: Shot Putters unhappy with Euro circuit |
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http://www.american-trackandfield.com/news/nelson06europeanpay.html
Nice article. It really illustrates how financially challenging the sport can be. A world champion making only $10k for the year outside of two big wins? That's just wrong.
I do find Toth's comment pretty humorous... Innocent until proven guilty is an interesting concept when it comes to doping.
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Very interesting ... To have all of one's annual earnings come down to a couple of competitions is rather scary ...
I've said for some time now that the idea of streamlining meets to suit those who are not interested in the sport, is really hurting the sport ... These meets where only half the events are held makes it real tough on a lot of athletes ... And it hurts a lot of events ...
Unless your event is already populated with name stars, you are not guaranteed enough events to make a decent living ... The IAAF really needs to take a look at this issue for the long term health of the sport ...
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Dan
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I'm entirely in agreement. The only way to make the reduced schedule work is to have a set rotation of events, regardless of popularity, where eveyone gets an equal chance to compete at an equal level (of meet) throughout the season.
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You would think that the powers that be would have seen this by now !!!
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What is it your grandpa always said? 
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My grandpa said a lot of things ... I think he would have just called these people fools !!!!! LOL ...
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I was thinking more along the lines of, common sense isn't so common these days...
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