andyjeffries
Senior Master
I may be off base with this, but I thought there were rules against professional (read: paid) athletes competing in certain Olympic sports... I am not sure if TKD is one of them, or if I am just wrong. In this case, I hope I am. It would be fantastic to see him compete in Brazil.
(I know that is not true with basketball, what with the USA "Dream Teams" and all).
The only two remaining are Boxing and Wrestling (and maybe even of those just boxing as professional wrestling really isn't the same).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_sports#Olympics
Given that he's a professional in a different sport, it wouldn't matter anyway - it was never that you couldn't be a professional athlete only that you couldn't be a professional in that sport.
Finally, a lot of Taekwondo athletes are paid to train (receive a stipend from the NGB) - USA, Korea and Great Britain are among them.