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At the time only amateurs were allowed to compete. Taking money made you a professional. I don’t think there’s any dispute that he did make money as a player.
by aljungberg 4y ago
At the time only amateurs were allowed to compete. Taking money made you a professional.
I don’t think there’s any dispute that he did make money as a player. However, the wikipedia page says that disqualifications had to be made within 30 days of the close of the games. His occurred 6 months later. So that sounds like grounds to disqualify the disqualification itself, so to speak. It was invalid under the rules.
- somat 4y agoAlso, I have not seen this as a consideration but it appears an important distinction to me, he made money playing baseball, but entered (and won) the Olympics in track and field, that is, not his professional sport.
- GameOfFrowns 4y ago>However, the wikipedia page says that disqualifications had to be made within 30 days of the close of the games. His occurred 6 months later. So that sounds like grounds to disqualify the disqualification itself, so to speak. The question is, if the participating athletes were aware of that rule. If so, then Thorpe willingly broke the rule regardless of whether it was enforced within 6 months or not.