Dee ihe ga-eso paragraf a - 1978 bụ afọ dị mkpa na "egwuregwu amateur" n'ozuzu ya na n'okporo ụzọ na-agba ọsọ kpọmkwem. N'afọ ndị bu ụzọ, ndị na-eme egwuregwu na-enupụ isi n'ihi ego ole ha na-enweta n'ihi na ha abụghị ndị egwuregwu. Ha chọrọ inwe ike ịnara ego nrite n'ihu ọha. Mgbe asọmpi Olympic nke afọ 1972 gasịrị, ọtụtụ ndị na-eme egwuregwu n'egwuregwu bọọlụ mepụtara ma gbaa ọsọ na International Track Association, nke mere ka ha ghara iru eru n'egwuregwu Olympic. N'otu oge ahụ, ọtụtụ nde ndị America nwere obi ụtọ n'ihi ọsọ Frank Shorter gbara n'ọsọ Marathon n'egwuregwu Olimpik nke 1972
mmeri ma na-ewere na-agba ọsọ okporo ụzọ agbụrụ, a onu mara dị ka "Na-agba ọsọ ọganihu". Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1978, nnupụisi nke onye na-eme egwuregwu dugara na Iwu Egwuregwu Amateur nke afọ 1978, na-emebi iwu nke Amateur Athletic Union nke nchịkọta egwuregwu ha na-achịkwa na nnọchi ọchịchị na-achịkwa The Athletics Congress, dị ka ndị nnọchi anya ụlọ nke ọdịmma nke IAAF na IOC na-eguzogide ụzọ iji mepee ụzọ maka ọkachamara megide ebili mmiri nke ọdịmma azụmahịa ndị chọrọ ịba uru na ewu ewu nke egwuregwu. N'ịgba ọsọ n'okporo ụzọ, e guzobere nzukọ ọhụrụ a na-akpọ "Association of Road Racing Athletes" (nke a maara dị ka ARRA) iji mepụta usoro ịgba ọsọ okporo ụzọ ọkachamara. N'ime ihe omume 6 nke okirikiri ahụ bụ Lasse Viren Finnish Invitational, na-enye $ 30,000 na ego nrite.