Since when do the olimpic games allow professional people to compete like the American basketball team?

Question

Isn't that the reason they took Jim Troupe medals away?

Answer 1

go back to school and learn some proper grammar  

Answer 2

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Answer 3

They changed the rule in 1989 in time for the 1992 olympics where USA destroyed the competition.

Answer 4

As mentioned , the rules have changed.

Jim Thorpe was stripped of his decathlon medal because he was paid to play in a baseball game......not even his sport .

Even before the rule change, many countries were fielding "pros" in a sense.

Athletes had "no show" jobs' or were "in" the military or customs agents.

Basically they did nothing but train at govt expense & received stipends which amounted to salaries.

Answer 5

Soccer has pros too.

Answer 6

i'm going to say about 1992. whichh is roughly 16 years ago