Re: The cost of olympic medals
I am probably in the minority but I find the Olympics to be a horrendous waste of money which could certainly be better spent on the world's poor.Re: The cost of olympic medals
Personally I begrudge every penny Sport England throw at today's athletes, for in reality it is just another quango bloated by public funds and with the usual agenda of creating it's own little trough from which to suckle the favoured few.Re: The cost of olympic medals
I'm in two minds about it really, on one hand it's a waste of so much money on the other Jordan almost made it to summer olympics team couple of years ago and I was extremely proud of him.Re: The cost of olympic medals
I was watching a young girl being interviewed on the Tv yesterday, i think she'd won a bronze. She said not all the athletes had financial help to compete. The money comes the National Lottery, via UK Sport. She said there was a big difference between what male athletes got, and the females. This girl they were talking to said she'd had to work 3 jobs, while she was training, to fund herself. And it was only the lucky few who got a sponsorship deal, that came home without debt.Re: The cost of olympic medals
Re: The cost of olympic medals
I really don't know how they train especially for the winterOlimpics it's must be horrendously expensive .Re: The cost of olympic medals
Re: The cost of olympic medals
I see the usual forum grumps are out in force whinginging about the cost and how some poor African village would be better off if the money was spent on them. Yeh right snowflakes get a life.
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