Yes the world watches it and it should be a great show and competition. It brings millions in revenue to the city its held in and I'm sure not that many people would go if they weren't pros. I don't want to watch non professionals compete because it would be sloppy and uninteresting because you don't know anyones name
1988
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Originally specifically for amateur athletes, the Olympics began allowing professionals to compete in 1986.
1986 when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) took away the amateur only rule!
1988 For more info, see : http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa081000y.htm
The participants come as a country to compete in Olympics. The professionals very often take steroids to enhance their adroitness and their obligation to individual performance than for the country is of paramount importance. So to put the olympics idealism in high esteem, only amateurs are allowed to represent their countries in olympics.
no women were not aloud to compete in the Olympics.
Yes, you can compete in consecutive Olympic games.
So athletes who cannot compete in the regular Olympics can compete. They get the same sense of accomplishment, recognition and satisfaction as athletes in the regular Olympics, and people think it's important that they should be able to.
Yes. Professionals are competing in football, baseball, basketball, and tennis at the 2008 Games in Beijing. Yes.
One does not have to be an amateur in order to compete in the Olympics. You just have to try out for the team.
jesse owen compete in the olympics in 1936 23rd of april