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Paul O'Neill They do get paid a
living wage to be competitive athletes though and have the back up of all the
systems in British sport medical psychological administration... so not exactly
just cut and dried in that
Andrew Bell I don't think they
should get a penny for medals. They're doing it for the honour and their
country.
Michael Dargan Okay but most of
those competitors as you put it, have to fund themselves to qualify. So it's
easy to judge and dismiss them I guess. They also put a damn lot of work to get
to the top of their game, which means they don't get to live a normal life. So
really do I think they should get a bonus damn right!!! If our footballers get
paid a huge sum to splash against the wall, am I going to begrudge real
athletes from getting a pay day?! Nope :)
Martin William Clarke Football is a money
making business that is why they are paid a lot. To become an Olympic Athlete
you have to be a full time Time athlete sadly the world of the Amateur Olympian
who works and trains has passed. Many Olympians become extremely rich because
of their achievement (Why not) and sometime from sports that produced
millionaires i.e Tennis Golf Some come from Sports which have money i.e
equestrian etc these are not the same as say Boxing, Judo, shooting etc but I
doubt if many of the British Medallist are self funded The question: is Tax
payers money to produce Elite sportsman the correct way to get more people
involved in Sport? I must say for a relatively small Island to produce so many
medallists must tell the rest of the world something about our Elite system
also proves that the British People can survive by themselves that is why we
are leaving the EU.
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