Shamateurism

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  • n. The fact or practice of being a shamateur; making money out of sports despite professing to be an amateur.
  • Word Usage
    "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."
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    amateurism