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...some athletes, payoffs are the primary means of supporting themselves. Says one former Olympian: "Worldclass athletes would not be world-class athletes without taking money. They would never be able to afford the proper training and diet." Unlike Communist countries and many Third World nations-where athletes are virtual wards of the state-American and Western European track and field stars receive no direct support beyond their college years. Says Ted Haydon, University of Chicago Track Club coach: "U.S. athletes are pretty much destitute, dependent on handouts from track-shoe companies. They think it's a great thing...
Cash and Carry. Some athletes, fearful that IRS records could be used to revoke their eligibility, play a dangerous game of concealment from Government, as well as amateur, officials. As one former Olympian explains, "If it's all done in cash, who's going to trace it? I never used to deposit the money in a checking account. I always put it in safe-deposit boxes because of the IRS. I always paid cash for everything." Another athlete admits that he did not file tax returns on his track earnings. Says he: "I felt the AAU would find...
...people's defender with a modern revolutionary consciousness. She had only a faint idea of his appearance and no notion of his personality. Like other recruits to Yenan she was fascinated by differences among the leading comrades and became aware of Mao's aura of aloofness-his Olympian air, as some called...
Satch's batch opens its holiday schedule tomorrow night when it entertains Holy Cross at the IAB. That's the same Holy Cross which is undefeated, ranked number one in New England, and features Puerto Rican Olympian Michael Vicens and Massachusetts schoolboy star Ron Perry...
Stosh Serafin, a blind skater from Pennsylvania, and Italian Olympian Susan Driano, will also appear. Harvard's representatives will also participate: sophomores Mahlon Bradley and Meg Streeter...