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Where's the American's?
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[QUOTE="Tom Cox, post: 907709, member: 42215"] [b]Struck a nerve[/b] As an Amateur or Professional an individual can take great pride and satisfaction in the level at which he/she performs. You can call that love of the sport. But a Professional makes a living at what he/she is doing. Its a job. If you don't perform well enough and meet the conditions of your contract, or violate a condition of your contract, you lose your job. Professional people push their abilities all the time to make themselves better than their competitors. They may personally, or have their Managers negotiate for more money and better benefits at contract time. They try to get more Sponsors for only one reason, to make more money. When a Professional rider holds out and doesn't sign his contract because he feels its not enough, or when he changes teams and brands, its not for the love of the sport. Its business, aka, a job. His job is to compete at a level that makes him better than his competitors. "You" may love your sport. The individual riding Professionally and living out of a box van and paying their own way from race to race trying to make it on what they win and what they can get from Sponsors or family, may have at one time loved what they did, but now its a job. Try loving your job when you're finishing out of the money every week. Fixing your bike when its broke or preparing it for the next race after driving half way across the country. Additionally find time for the dedication and determination to practice for hours to make yourself better. Ask all of these people why they're doing it and for all the reasons they give, it will always finally come around to money. Its how they've chosen to make a living. Doing something that they do well, getting satisfaction from beating the next guy and being paid for it. If you wish to call that love, so be it. For the rest of us it's a job and some make it at our desired profession and others don't. [/QUOTE]
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