I don’t understand that logic. Other countries support their athletes essentially making them “professionals”.
I agree with you, IMO, the Olympics should be the best athletes each country has to offer competing against other to see who is the best.
What difference does it make, I want to see the best athletes competing against each other, men and women.
The US Women’s team was far more physical and faster that I remembered from previous Olympics, it was fun to watch the play hockey.