Word: effeet
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...which competitive sports are carried on, added publicity that comes from journalistic emphasis on athletics as a source of news, the large pecuniary profits that may go with professionalism, the intense rivalries between communities and between educational institutions in support of their athletes' prowess, all these have had the effeet of making maintenance of amateur sport with its traditional indifference to monetary reward more difficult than if used to be. "Competition for the love of sport" is the essence of amateurism. According to the committee: and it is a form of competition that well wishers of athletes honor highly always...
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