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Paproski to scan sports spendingSAN JUAN, (CP) — Steve Paproski, Canada’s rookie sports minister, suggested Friday he will be taking a long, hard look at any proposal of spending restraints on amateur sport.“I, for one, have never said that there was going to be less money for the athletes,” Paproski said on his first dayvisiting the Pan-American Games and talking to Canadian athletes here.‘‘As one who has been an amateur athlete and then turned pro, and after seeing in just a short time what these people have to go through, I think it’s very important that we have another, second look at just exactly the type of wants bottle banassistance that these people need.” Paproski was a lineman with Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League in his professional days.Spokesmen for the Canadian Olympic Association and Lou Lefaive, executive director of Sport Canada, have said they expect ‘adjustments to their programs because of government spending restraints.‘‘They might have said that — 1didn’t,” Paproski commented. “From what I’ve seen in the 12 or 14 hours that I’ve been here, I think this a great thing as a prelim to the Olympics and to other games. The more they participate, the better our athletes are going to be.”Paproski said he felt it was important to go straight to the athletes to determine priorities.‘‘Basically, this is right, and this is why I’m here,” he said.
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