Yeah, by “amateurs” they meant wealthy men who didn’t work and so had spare time to get good at sport. Really good Behind the Bastards episodes that touch on this actually.

Behind the Bastards - Part One: How Avery Brundage Gave Hitler an Olympics

Behind the Bastards - Part Two: How Avery Brundage Gave Hitler an Olympics

It’s one of the things that I like the most about lemmy over reddit. The reddit linux community was toxic, insular and gatekeepy, even as a moderately experienced linux user I had difficulty getting help.

“Learn how to Google noob!”

Fuck sakes, I just spent several hours deep diving forums and Web search results looking for an answer to my question, and the only thing I could find that was exactly my problem was concluded by OP editing their post to say “Ah, never mind, figured it out.” And not including the solution…

And this number is just a floor: It reflects only the cases that resulted in pregnancy, that did not end in miscarriage or abortion, and that led to the birth of a child who grew into an adult who volunteered for a research study.

Meaning that this could be an indication of a wider incest…problem?..trend?..idk…

Edit: it was literally the next sentence…