Is Pro Am becoming a sport of only the wealthy?

Interesting article. It felt a bit bait-ish though, like it was intentionally written to get people worked up and criticizing her - it was almost too easy (lack of personal motivation to exercise, pizza/cheeseburgers, buying expensive designer dresses she couldn't fit, high maintenance wrt workout gear preferences etc etc).

I googled that designer and he's got some beautiful (but way expensive) items... Though I didn't see anything larger than a 12, and I'm not quite seeing how she thought any of it would fit, based on the photos. I worry that this "trainer" is taking her to the cleaners.

It's given me a lot of food for thought about what money can and can't buy.
 
It makes Daisy Ridley's four hours a day, four days a week pre-Star Wars training regimen look feasible (most of what she did looks like standard/no equipment other than the rock climbing.) It would probably cost less. I don't know about baity, though, as frankly, this isn't the first thing I've ever read about wealthy New Yorkers doing where you would THINK most people's response would be "You have too much money and free time" but for a certain class of people it's completely rational.
 
Yeah, I can see it as kind of a divider/identifier... If you don't find anything out of the ordinary, you are among the wealthy elite... If you are annoyed, you are just jealous of the wealthy elite. Just seemed to have a lot of hot buttons. Of course this is the wsj, so who knows who they really think is reading their paper (besides the obvious).
 
If I didn't have a job that needed me to be there x hours out of 24 hours- yes, I may be willing to spend 5-6 hours training in a gym, especially if I had the means, besides the time- so- YAWN- if you are loaded and you have time- why wouldn't you do what Ms Pao or whatever is doing? Sure, sign me up- my only caveat being- after all that time, money and effort- I got to look better than girlfriend is- just saying- I mean if you have all that, and a personal trainer travelling with you, and your NutriBullet- and unlimited dollars- you probably shouldn't have 3 tires of fat busting out of you custom Lululemon workout wear
 
Just to add- I am not immune to weight and health struggles at ALL- however, I do think a society where doctors can be sued for telling a patient they are obese, becos we are all trying to be politically correct- does no one any good
 
Take a country like Taiwan where ballroom dancing is taught at every school. They have way more dancers so maybe they don't compete at a high level like here in the US. But the number of dancers per capita is much higher, while their GDP per capita is much lower. It demonstrates it is possible to have more dancers, but I think it is obvious the system in the United States is geared more toward those with money. I think it is safe to say that there are double the number of dancers per capita in Taiwan. I know there are other countries with similar numbers.
 
sbrnsmith said:
Just to add- I am not immune to weight and health struggles at ALL- however, I do think a society where doctors can be sued for telling a patient they are obese, becos we are all trying to be politically correct- does no one any good
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Just a note, people are more likely to sue their doctor if their doctor is an a-hole. After your previous comment? Don't let your malpractice coverage lapse.
 
scullystwin42 said:
I blame the hippies for the lack of partner dancing here in the States. Didn't they make it uncool to dance with a partner? /sarcasm
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I see your sarc, but... I tell people that the main problem with club free dancing is that there is no role for a man. For a guy, the best possible outcome is to try to avoid doing anything that looks particularly stupid, and hope nobody notices you. Sorry, back to topic...

As far as pro-am comp dancing generally being an activity for the, let's say, above 50th percentile economically... hasn't it always pretty much been that way? I can't imagine that pros were working for peanuts back in the '60s, and I imagine costumes weren't any cheaper than they are now. Cost of entries might have been lower; I have no idea about that.
 
wooh said:
Just a note, people are more likely to sue their doctor if their doctor is an a-hole. After your previous comment? Don't let your malpractice coverage lapse.
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Don't worry about my malpractice coverage- 16 years in practice- zero malpractice suits.
 
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