Treason and the WNBA: Anne Donovan's attack on Becky Hammond

When the United States kept on losing to the Soviet Union at International and Olympic Basketball. It responded with redefining eligibility for Olympic athletes and the "Dream Team" was born. Which simply meant multi-million dollar earning professional Basketball players made a mockery of the amateur ethos of the Olympic Games. By the way, this also mocked the arbitrary sanctions against Jim Thorpe, one of the worlds greatest athletes. But then Jim Thorpe's experience had more to do with the prejudice of being Native American.
So it's downright interesting listening to Anne Donovan's of U.S. Olympic Basketball attack and characterization of Becky Hammond's decision to represent Russia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with Becky Hammond is a traitor , unpatriotic and mercenary.
Becky Hammond a U.S. citizen is a WNBA ( Women's National Basketball Association ) All Star Player. She was left off the U.S. Olympic Basketball team. Russia where she makes $2 million playing during WNBA off-season offered her money and lots of it, to play on the Russian Olympic team and she accepted.
Russia is simply redefining Olympic participation as it furthers it's interest. Becky Hammond's action is simple. The Olympic experience and Russian money is too powerful an incentive.
Is this treason and the WNBA? Anne Donovan's attack on Becky Hammond is just another example of contextual fraud.
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