The literal difference, of course, is compensation - pros are paid for what they do, amateurs are not.
That's one of the controversies in the modern Olympics - letting professional athletes compete in what is supposed to be games for amateurs.
Reasonable people can debate whether or not such a ban on professionals is approrpriate, but it was a big deal at the time they officially started doing it back in the 1980s (although of course communist nations had long before that been paying "students" to train full time for the Olympics and nobody complained that they were really professionals, which by any normal accounting they should have been so considered).
Pro's should PLAY pro's and amateurs should PLAY amateurs. Then it's more interesting and FAIR.THANKS FOR SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE MY FRIEND . HOPE YOU ARE WELL & HAPPY. NICE HEARING FROM YOU.
One thing I noticed as to the gap between pros and laymen is whether they show gracefulness in their performance. Some laymen's work is completely correct and accurate, but I must say sometimes it's too astute, there's no room for enjoyable playful mind. Pros know sagely how to show their performance more gracefully much more than laymen. We observers often enjoy the graceful and amusing ambience radiant from their performance rather than the correctness or accuracy itself in their performance.
The literal difference, of course, is compensation - pros are paid for what they do, amateurs are not.
ReplyDeleteThat's one of the controversies in the modern Olympics - letting professional athletes compete in what is supposed to be games for amateurs.
Reasonable people can debate whether or not such a ban on professionals is approrpriate, but it was a big deal at the time they officially started doing it back in the 1980s (although of course communist nations had long before that been paying "students" to train full time for the Olympics and nobody complained that they were really professionals, which by any normal accounting they should have been so considered).
Pro's should PLAY pro's and amateurs should PLAY amateurs. Then it's more interesting and FAIR.THANKS FOR SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE MY FRIEND . HOPE YOU ARE WELL & HAPPY. NICE HEARING FROM YOU.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I noticed as to the gap between pros and laymen is whether they show gracefulness in their performance. Some laymen's work is completely correct and accurate, but I must say sometimes it's too astute, there's no room for enjoyable playful mind. Pros know sagely how to show their performance more gracefully much more than laymen. We observers often enjoy the graceful and amusing ambience radiant from their performance rather than the correctness or accuracy itself in their performance.
ReplyDeleteI think...you get the message. ;)
ReplyDeleteI am slow my friend ,not dense . LOL really enjoy what you write about. Thanks for replying.
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