Amateurs hurdle money woes
When Carol Brown went job hunting, even her two college degrees were no help. A 1976 Olympic bronze medalist in rowing, she wanted to compete in the 1980 Moscow games, but her conditioning regimen was so demandingup to seven hours a daythat no prospective employer could accommodate his hours to hers. The result: Princeton Grad Brown was forced to work part time, as a truck driver.
For many postcollege world-class athletes in the U.S., finding the right kind of employment is itself an Olympian feat. Barred by the rules of amateurism from playing for pay, they have had to...