Wash4Life & others,
This may make me sound like an "out of touch elitist" & for certain deservedly described as an "in denial about my soon to 70 age (current physical attributes???)" That "river in africa syndrome" ... famous lawrence welk's yah yah you know! Maybe i could get a high paying job being a referee at one of those dem der tournaments. A dear uncle of mine (over 50 years of also being a golden gloves boxing coach) was a referee at a large number of "golden gloves" & "olympic events" internationally. Soooo ... maybe not totally far fetched??? Not sure how much he was remunerated financially though...
This morning in our local mainstream (out of state mega corporation owned newspaper) sports page had the below linked article:
Wowie Wowie Wowie ... $50,000 in prize money ... follow da da da money. I honestly (proof can be provided) did place 1st place (men's division) in at least one of those USTA Open Tournaments back in the day. Realistically ... I do need to along with others consider the reality of the "passage of time" ...
Occam's
Razor tells us that, as a rule, the simplest answer to a problem should be explored first.
bismarcktribune.com
I personally think that some people including the media ... are following the USA-Guyana person's kool-aid (Jim Jones) on that prize money mindset ... I am suspicious ... the promoters might have access to some of the Federal Reserve (Biden & Pelozi's printing press) or worse yet CCP's "for serious" proposed digital currency (Yuan Potential Future Dominance)???