Posted on July 9, 2013. Tags: Amateurs, Avery Brundage, Golf Digest, Golf Pros, Imperialism, Olympic Games, Olympic Golf, Olympic Sport, Outrage, Professional Golfers, S Sports, Showcase, Sorry Folks, Stroke Play, Television, Throwback, Wrestling
A good solid article in Golf Digest on Olympic golf in 2016. And it’s coming: And some even want to see a throwback to the Avery Brundage era and limit the competition to amateurs. Sorry, folks, but today’s Olympic Games–in almost all sports–showcase the best athletes competing in the most popular formats. So, for golf, […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on August 12, 2012. Tags: Amateur Athletics, Amateurs, American Swing, Dearth, Deleterious Effect, Do The Right Thing, Hangover, Imperialism, Intrusion, Nigeria, Olympic Tennis, Olympics, Ruination, Supreme Talents, Tennis Calendar, Tim Joyce, Tv Ratings, Venue, Vocal Minority, Wimbledon
Here is a mildly complaining article on the state of Olympic tennis, also taken over by pro athletes to its ruination. This first comment is revealing: Since the Olympics became a venue for professionals to show off their supreme talents, rather than a celebration of amateur athletics, there’s been a decided – however unscientifically sampled […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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