Show 5 N Must Russia Have Edge Edge Y in r in in Olympics by Lee Roy The dominance of the Russians in recent Olympic Gam Games s can be attributed attributed attributed buted to th the system under which the government selects and trains young athletes Russian sport heroes are subsidized all the way through their career Individuals and teams team are given jobs jobs' that pay three or fo four r times as L 1 much as the ordinary Soviet wor worker er erand and are gi given v n time off to train They are among the most privileged d members members members mem mem- bers of the Russian society they get first dibs on housing cars and the best bests consumer goods M The US U.S. Olympic Committee gets no financial help from the govern- govern is financed t irl by voluntary con- con Except for those in college on scholarships American athletes have to t train ain at their own expense and andE III 1 E n t e a t noan ers n t for working time lost The U US U.S. S O Olympic B Bas Basketball Squad does not include the nations nation's greatest players because the best players in this this' country are playing for astronomical sums of mo money ey in the theN N BA Rus Russia ia will send its best players to the Olympics Most of them shave have played t together gether for years because they are subsidized by their govern govern- ment They are paid to represent their country I would like to see the Olympics go professional and see what the Russians Russians Russians Rus Rus- would do with the likes of Doctor J uJ the ball down their throats Unless the US U.S. gets its program program program pro pro- gram going we will continue to lose to the Russian Government W We will i na 1 1 of |