ARTICLE X :: THE TRAGEDY OF BEING AN ATHLETE

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the following cases are sensitive and should not be circulated...

:: case 1 ::
they have this inherent perception that training = studying... the more u study, you'll be able to score... but no way man, track isn't like that... you can run 10.6 on a good day and a 10.9 on a bad day... but it doesn't warrant a right to scrap someone's scholarship after sponsoring his 1st year, leaving this helpless chap who could have easily gotten any other scholarship with his academic abilities, in the lurch and slamming him through the media...

:: case 2 ::
the media doesn't help an athlete much... as we can see from the much talked about case of our 'malingering' athlete... i actually believed very much in the papers initially but apparently, they sensationalised the whole issue when i gotta ustnd the whole issue... it was quite brave of him to stand up for his own rights on tv...

:: case 3 ::
they like to throw unwanted athletes aside and take them back when another athlete becomes unwanted and this new unwanted athlete will then be slammed... this was so prevalent if you follow "today in athens"...

:: case 4 ::
mentally torturing athletes before the comp, psychoing them to do well for races... and continue torturing them after delivering thier performance... seriously, why aren't they happy with a bronze medal?

:: case 5 ::
importing china athletes is not a way to improve our performance, given the well know fact that they like to pressurise them like sending them for numerous and countless competitions before the big one... somehow, it's not easy being a china import... firstly, u gotta face critics about their nationality... but most importantly, i definitely won't be suprise if they get deported immediately if they fail to meet up to the expectations...

:: case 6 ::
are they wise? ... X is representing his country A in a competition which is held in country B... but X is training in country C... so wouldn't it be wiser and more cost efficient if X travels from country C to B instead of travelling from C to A then to B??? bear in mind that X has to pay for his own airfare...

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