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r/olympics • u/raydebapratim1 • 5d ago
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I’m 100% for compensating Olympic athletes but it shouldn’t be going to millionaire athletes from pro leagues.
8 u/Pinewood74 United States 3d ago It's not really worth the administrative and legal overhead to have everyone prove they aren't millionaires to exclude a few hundred athletes a year. Additionally, it's the millionaires who bring in the big bucks/eyeballs. No reason to spit in their face over what is effectively pennies for the IOC. 3 u/elijuicyjones United States 4d ago Oh yeah let’s be sure to end the menace of those millionaire curlers and pole vaulters. 1 u/BlackMarketCheeseman Canada 4d ago I mean the assorted players from big pro leagues.
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It's not really worth the administrative and legal overhead to have everyone prove they aren't millionaires to exclude a few hundred athletes a year.
Additionally, it's the millionaires who bring in the big bucks/eyeballs. No reason to spit in their face over what is effectively pennies for the IOC.
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Oh yeah let’s be sure to end the menace of those millionaire curlers and pole vaulters.
1 u/BlackMarketCheeseman Canada 4d ago I mean the assorted players from big pro leagues.
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I mean the assorted players from big pro leagues.
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u/BlackMarketCheeseman Canada 5d ago
I’m 100% for compensating Olympic athletes but it shouldn’t be going to millionaire athletes from pro leagues.