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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
*sigh* That was simply an example.
My point was that if you don't think athlete funding should come from your tax dollars because tax dollars should be spent on more important things.... then perhaps athlete funding could come from your entertainment budget. Watching Simon Whitfield's effort to win the silver medal last Olympics means far more to me than watching "Cowboys vs Aliens" at the theatre. The former cost nothing, the latter cost $10. Perhaps I could have skipped the latter and gave the money to OTP.
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To expand on your point- technically some television company paid big buck to the IOC to be able to broadcast the Olympics. Look at the other thread it's in the 100's of million per Olympics. Where does all of that money go? It seems crazy that a good amount of that television revenue doesn't make it's way back into training and support for the atheletes.