Second of an eight-part documentary series examining the state of modern-day sport. A mateurs or Shamateurs?
Britain exported the amateur ethic and inspired the rebirth of the Olympics. In the United
States the same ideas gave rise to a collegiate system that allows huge sums to be paid to student athletes under the guise of sporting scholarships. Nowadays the stars run for money, and amateurs have all but disappeared from the international arena. But sports administrators still worry that "when money comes in, sport goes out of the window". Director Greg Lanning
Series producer David Harrison
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