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[–] Dasus 7 points 1 month ago

We're talking about the Olympics for crying out loud. Not some tournament with all sorts of people joining

Ironic.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_sports#Olympics

Through most of the 20th century the Olympics allowed only amateur athletes to participate and this amateur code was strictly enforced - Jim Thorpe was stripped of track and field medals for having taken expense money for playing baseball in 1912.