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add a ton of seasoning, and it could be pretty good as beef jerky |
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Pro sports like NHL is teams formed by different cities, where players getting signed from literally anywhere and traded from team to team is common practice. People aren't playing for anything more than the team they are being paid to play for. |
something that is not discussed on any media outlet. the lives of regular people in China during the winter Olympics. My partner's student in Shanghai made a short visit to Beijing for academic purposes. The moment she return to shanghai and got off the train, she was greeted by a team of police in hazmat suit and an ambulance to escort her to a temporal container box with literal prison bars on all windows for quarantine. All because she visited a "red alert zone". None of this was communicated to her before hands, nor was she told of the possible consequence for making such travel. Yet all of the agencies that sold her the necessary ticket, hotel stay etc help track her movement and report it to the authority. Zero warning, zero chance for protest or even to inform her family this is happening until days later. nooice China |
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Can't knock the hustle for the athletes just wanting to be in the olympics by working the system. Makes me wonder about Eileen Gu. I would think it would be the lower echelon athletes being recruited for by a country who is not normally a powerhouse at a certain sport. Makes me wonder what made her not choose to rep Team USA. Would like to know the reason(s). |
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My idea is that if you get paid to play, then you're a pro. But I feel that's also an over simplistic view. I only follow hockey, but besides NHL, even lower pro leagues like ECHL are still technically "pro" as players are getting paid. How does it work for all these other events in Olympics? Are there leagues, for example, like speed skating, where these athletes can do it full time and get paid enough to make a living? Or are these athletes competing and training on the side while still doing a basic full time job to put food on the table? |
For example ...ladies hockey. I got the impression that all of them had a main thing doing something else and only got together to train for tournaments and Olympics. Hockey isn't their primary income. |
Hard to say. Depends on if there is a league. Christine Sinclair play pro level soccer for Portland and she makes $300,000+ USD. She did mention she wanted Canada to have a pro level soccer league after winning gold. Then you got the CFL. Average player makes $40,000CND so most of them do it for love of the sport or hoping to make it to NFL. |
Damn I'm pissed... US men hockey steamrolled the Chinese hockey team 8:0. I knew I should have placed a bigger bet on the game LOL~ |
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Watching the men's halfpipe on CBC right now. What's with this weird commentary dub over the normal commentary lol |
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lol, I was watching USA China highlights and noticed team China's goalie was White but had a weird last name so I looked him up. https://i.imgur.com/brGYfcr.jpg lol. Jeremy Smith. It also says Jierumi on his jersey, so technically his first name. |
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So ...is the curious case of Eileen Gu one where both parties are using one another? Is a larger global market share the reason why Gu chose to compete for China? Not ideologically driven but rather $$$ driven (or shall we say inspite of ideology). Is it that simple and shrewd? |
There's so much weird shit going on... like Kimberly Newell... was born in Nelson and grew up in Canada and played goalie for Team Canada as a U18 before going to Princeton... she's now Zhou Jiaying and isn't allowed to speak English in any interviews. China is a fucked up place man. |
Did some quick reading on Eileen Gu, seems like its more for exposure and potential future sponsors/income as she is also a model with current overseas sponsors. China doesn't recognize dual citizenships, and she dodges the question whenever asked about it. Her response is: "I am American when I am in the US, I am Chinese when I am in China." She also made the announcement to represent China when she was 15 years old, so most likely she had some other influence in her decision making (her mom, "expert in China investment at Fusion Investment in San Francisco"). This was pretty funny though, her post was shared on Weibo and subsequently blocked/censored shortly after: https://i.imgur.com/aJyNUN8l.jpg |
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"I am American when i am in the US, I am Chinese when I am in China" LOL. WTF is she talking about. Hopefully US blacklist her. She can't be trusted with any high clearance career with US. Obviously smart girl with SAT over 1000 and going to Standford. |
Yeah given her skill set, Eileen Gu will have way more opportunities in China/overseas compared to being in the US/North America, especially since she’s fluent in Mandarin. |
ESPN specifically did an article on him and China's preparation for the Olympic hockey games -- it is quite a long but interesting read, and it's a very similar story to Razor Ramon HG's friend: https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/...en-hockey-team Quote:
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That's awesome for him. Also common for semi pro athletes to get bigger $$ to play pro overseas. Then for for him to be an Olympian. Good for him. For Eileen, I thought winning gold as for Team USA would be $$$ galore. Then again, the Winter Olympics is not much popular for Americans. She seems like she will now be treated as royalty in China. She won't get that treatment in the US. |
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