I felt that way when the ruling changed though it really is about the person and the country they represent - whether they compete professionally or not, it's still the person on the field, in the water, on snow, etc. That person has spent an aweful lot of time dedicated to his/her sport to become the skilled person representing America, etc.The Olympics were supposed to be about the competition alone, the individual ability to succeed at a difficult endeavor.
Pro-ball players, skateboarders, snowboarders, etc - that tends to take a lot of the excitement out of those sports for me.