amateurism

How To Use amateurism In A Sentence

• Others thought the IOC president was ending an era of massive hypocrisy, known as "shamateurism," in which state-sponsored professional athletes from Eastern bloc countries had passed as amateurs for decades. Olympics leader Juan Antonio Samaranch dies at 89
• Ms Royal has been damaged by a succession of foreign-policy gaffes in recent weeks, which have lent her campaign an air of amateurism.
• Every one of these groups is embarrassed by this "amateurism," and, for the sake of their public image in a world of non-computer people, they all attempt to look as stern and formal and impressive as possible. The Hacker Crackdown
• Simply put, he thinks the NCAA's "immoral and criminal" bureaucratic handling of its finances and its "blatant hypocrisy, shamateurism and systematic ripoff" of youngsters must end. The Hoops Are Made Of Gold
• With pros playing in the Olympics, this is the last spot for pure amateurism.
• TV was increasingly given over to amateurism; anyone with a camcorder could secure a viewing. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
• This time a ten-minute break because of a gremlin in a sightscreen proved the obligatory moment of amateurism. Times, Sunday Times
• The White House ridiculed the agency's decision - with one senior official attacking S&P's "amateurism" - while Obama re-election strategist David Axelrod took a swipe at Republicans for the "Tea Party downgrade. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
• After trying to comply by sending a team of amateurs in 1920, the FA recognised no difference between amateurism and professionalism in 1923, to end shamateurism. World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010
• Amateurism offered an umbilical link between the 50-year-old veteran and the international superstar since both men drank in the same clubhouse.