In the wake of Olympics-Gate, Kash Patel informs America that he only owns a simple cloth coat & a dog named Checkers

[Johonny]

4. The amatuer status was always a scam

Basically used to keep them "gentlemen of leisure sports" and keep the lower class from participating or at least to make it hard for them. They finally dumped it for good when it just became obvious (I.E. golf, tennis etc...) had already dumped it.

Basically soccer still doesn't send the pros but only because they don't want to hurt world cup sales.