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Originally Posted by Ruttiger
Wow - that's pretty harsh. At the risk of coming off as a jerk, exactly how many of your tax dollars do you think have actually gone to Brent Hayden, Mike Brown, David Ford, etc.? A couple, maybe? Do you seriously feel they should be competing in the hopes of winning to repay you Jiri Hrdina, or me, or anyone else here specifically? Get over yourself. .
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If they want my support either emotionally or financially than they do need to make me happy. If they don't care about me caring about the olympics than that's fine. After these games I likely won't care about the summer games. And if that's not important to them - so be it.
But if they want us to support them - better results are required.
Honestly if someone chooses to become an olympic athlete they should know what they are getting into. I have myself chose a career that hs some drawbacks including serious financial ones. Do I whine about it at every opportunity - no because I made the decision to do what I do knowing full well what I was getting into.
Whining never sits well with me. I hate it.
I also really question the notion that throwing more money at the problem will solve anything - I believe there are likely other root causes at play that should be solved...though don't ask me what those are