Quote Originally Posted by Missy View Post
someone remind me why professionals are allowed to compete?
I think it's great for basketball, as it's the only tournament where the best players of each country compete against each other. Every other sport basically already has these tournaments (soccer has world cup, etc.), which is why the olympics need to be different. Hell if that were the case you'd have much higher times for swimming/ track and field, as the good ones all are pro's I would assume?