How To Use Amateurism In A Sentence
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The NCAA sports that send players to the big pro leagues are the last bastion of “shamateurism”, and the whole “student athlete” element is usually tied to a folksy coming-of-age narrative, sustained by alums and boosters and the occasional dodgy payment in kind.
Matthew Yglesias » Playoffs!
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Pre began a long battle, both with the AAU to finally expose the hypocrisy of "shamateurism," and the arbitrary judgments of then USOC President Avery Brundage, a zealous adherent to amateurism.
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Scunnered with the malign Scottish press, scunnered with his own backbenchers, scunnered with the amateurism and ineptness of the parliament.
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New regulations on amateurism allow payment for promotional work.
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The paternalism of scientific positivism coincides directly with capitalist culture's feminizing of amateurism.
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I see that kind of amateurism in Twilight, and it is probably why I dislike it so much.
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One would think that something fishy is going on, but in many cases it's just plain amateurism.
English Required:
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This spirit of amateurism is part of what makes blogging vital; the idea that, "hey, I can do that!" is not an insult but an inspiration.
Pens, Pixels, Swords, and the Mightiness Thereof - Swampland - TIME.com
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The NCAA's philosophy of "amateurism" is obscene and irrational on every level.
The Rule of Reason
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He is a staunch supporter of amateurism.
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You or I could go on a one-day sushi course and doubtless produce something at the end of it, but our amateurism would show.
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Denmark, finalists in 1908 and 1912 suffered the same problem, and having sent an amateur team in 1920 that was beaten roundly when they returned to Denmark by a professional side, decided to join the FA's position and end shamateurism in 1923, barring them from the 1924 and 1928
World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010
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The infamous ban on rugby league in the Armed Services, which only ended a decade or so ago, was part of union's ‘shamateurism’ past which included the banning of any player who had gone near a league pitch.
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The porno didn’t do anything imagination wouldn’t make happen though the ‘boy’ fixation was overplayed just sitting drinking rum from a bottle passed hand to hand shooting the breeze after a vindaloo it fitted naturally but there was no way we for all our addiction could be responsible for the breathy oohs and ahs exhaled by her shamateurism
Archive 2009-07-01
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Other sports retained amateurism and sometimes ‘shamateurism’ a lot longer.
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It is interesting to note that everything Tarasov requested, Hockey Canada did, and yet when the smoke cleared, Russia was running for cover behind Avery Brundage's cloak of "shamateurism".
Sport is Big Business and Hockey is a Sport
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LONG: We're hearing the term amateurism, or amateurs, being tossed around when we refer to today's fiery explosion here at the airport and the bombings that did not happen yesterday.
CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2007
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New regulations on amateurism allow payment for promotional work.
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Amateurism offered an umbilical link between the 50-year-old veteran and the international superstar since both men drank in the same clubhouse.
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Ms Royal has been damaged by a succession of foreign-policy gaffes in recent weeks, which have lent her campaign an air of amateurism.
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Every one of these groups is embarrassed by this "amateurism," and, for the sake of their public image in a world of non-computer people, they all attempt to look as stern and formal and impressive as possible.
The Hacker Crackdown
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Simply put, he thinks the NCAA's "immoral and criminal" bureaucratic handling of its finances and its "blatant hypocrisy, shamateurism and systematic ripoff" of youngsters must end.
The Hoops Are Made Of Gold
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With pros playing in the Olympics, this is the last spot for pure amateurism.
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TV was increasingly given over to amateurism; anyone with a camcorder could secure a viewing.
SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
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This time a ten-minute break because of a gremlin in a sightscreen proved the obligatory moment of amateurism.
Times, Sunday Times
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The White House ridiculed the agency's decision - with one senior official attacking S&P's "amateurism" - while Obama re-election strategist David Axelrod took a swipe at Republicans for the "Tea Party downgrade.
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After trying to comply by sending a team of amateurs in 1920, the FA recognised no difference between amateurism and professionalism in 1923, to end shamateurism.
World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010
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Others thought the IOC president was ending an era of massive hypocrisy, known as "shamateurism," in which state-sponsored professional athletes from Eastern bloc countries had passed as amateurs for decades.
Olympics leader Juan Antonio Samaranch dies at 89
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To his credit, Samaranch did rid the Games of much of their shamateurism.
Glory Days
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But in the second half of the 1920s professional football spread to such an extent that the "amateurs only" conception of the Olympics meant that many of the best players were unable to be fielded, more and more countries were on the path to not distinguishing between professionals and amateurs to end various degrees of "shamateurism" and various professional teams (England, but also many clubs) had taken to playing against the amateur teams presented at the Olympics, often winning by a clear margin.
World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010
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It's much more in the spirit of amateurism, which is what the Olympics is supposed to be about.
CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2002
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The NCAA has traditionally fought antitrust issues--successfully so far--by arguing that it's preserving "amateurism" in college sports.
No Competition
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Kiwi Brent Pope arrived here in 1991, well ahead of professionalism, but at that time the game - particularly in the Southern Hemisphere - had more to do with ‘shamateurism’ than any Corinthian ideal.
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This time a ten-minute break because of a gremlin in a sightscreen proved the obligatory moment of amateurism.
Times, Sunday Times
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It was a little too modern for my taste, but the work had been done so well there was no sign of amateurism.
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