Like, I suspect you just can’t become an Olympic level athlete staying broke. At some point you have to be able to commit and be supported by outside resources.
It’s not really about the sponsors, it’s about needing to come from wealth in order to be able to take the time to train, buy the equipment for the sport, make it to the regional/national/internation events to qualify for the team, or even afford to get to games for the event.
You need to be not-poor enough to even get to a level to where sponsors would be interested.
I wonder how much if this is just not being poor.
Like, I suspect you just can’t become an Olympic level athlete staying broke. At some point you have to be able to commit and be supported by outside resources.
LMAO…I don’t thinks sponsors are into slow walk. If you ever watched it you would be like WTF. And yes this is an Olmpic sport.
It’s not really about the sponsors, it’s about needing to come from wealth in order to be able to take the time to train, buy the equipment for the sport, make it to the regional/national/internation events to qualify for the team, or even afford to get to games for the event.
You need to be not-poor enough to even get to a level to where sponsors would be interested.
The Olympics really was meant for rich men who enjoyed sports. It only developed a gigantic support apparatus over time.