Re: Clijsters out of Olympics

Steve Jaros wrote:

>
> I'm no Clijsters fan but the issue seems clear - if the olympic committee
> insists that she wear *anything* commercially-related that she doesn't want
> to wear, they are in the wrong, not her.

No, they are not in the wrong.  Sponsorship of olympic athletes is de rigueur,
and has been for some time.  The sponsorships, in fact, make the olympic games
possible.  One participates in the olympics at the pleasure of the country's
olympic organizers.  It's not a right.