tgd@clyde.UUCP (Tom Dennehy) (02/22/84)
Amateurism was a much-discussed subject during the Winter
Olympics, particularly in regards to the display of trademarks on
uniforms and such. Are there different standards for each sport
as to what is and isn't allowed? Inconsistent behavior abounded.
Submitted for your approval:
1. The West German hockey team was officially censured for
displaying a small Addidas logo on their jersey. They were
required to cover the offensive leaves with tape, BUT
2. The Canadian 4-man bobsled looked like a giant running shoe
with the trademark of Tiger painted on the side.
3. The sleazy MTV-inspired striped downhill racing suits were
certainly an advertisement for their manufacturer, especially
after ABC got up close and personal revealing who made them
and how much they cost. What's more, there was a trademark
clearly visible on the sleeve.
4. American figure skater Scott Hamilton had the same
trademark on his suit.
5. Phil and Steve Mahre were the only skiiers I saw whose
turtlenecks had something nondecscript like "USA" on them.
Most others carried the Fila logo.
6. The team jackets for the USA (last bastion of amateurism in
the world :-)) had "LEVI'S" displayed prominently on the
front.
Two questions from a confirmed cynic. 1) How can Phil Mahre
support a wife and (now) two children while training year-round
as an "amateur" athlete; and 2) who picked up the tab for skater
Rosalynn Sumners' entourage, including (but not limited to)
friends, family, lovers, a "sports psychologist", and all those
others without whom "she couldn't perform up to par"?
Is a little consistency too much to ask?
On a lighter note, a beauty salon in Beverly Hills has been
designated the "official hairdresser of the 1984 Summer
Olympics". Glad they settled that before the last-minute panic.
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Tom Dennehy AT&T BL Whippany, NJ {whuxb|clyde}!tgdchuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) (02/22/84)
On the same subject, Rosalynn Sumners has been (at least in this area) on a
saturation campaign of TV commercials for Campbells soup. How she can
appear on TV commercials during the show she is competing in as an amateur
is beyond me, unless the contract is with her coach and she is simply doing
her a BIG favor (I mean, would you buy Soup from her coach?)
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