Quote Originally Posted by hatidua View Post
It'd ring a tad hollow to get a gold medal knowing that if the paid athletes were allowed in you'd not have had a chance. I'm all for letting 'em all play, let's see who the best HUMAN is, regardless of what their day-job is.

back when the pro's weren't allowed to compete, it was a bit like the Special Olympics: "these are the best of the best....of a certain group". Which had an unspoken hint of "if we open it up to everyone, the podium would have different people standing on it".

totally agree here