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Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken' finance system (2024)

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Post by Y-bar »

randall wrote: post #5

yeah i don’t see a problem here tbh. especially if you’re a swimmer, you’re effectively naked in front of billions of people anyway.

When I read the article the problem as illustrated was not primarily OnlyFans and the morality around that kind of content. It was the lack of funding for athletes and the fact that IOC forces athletes to sign away image rights that were front and center.

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Post by a2tech »

This is the reality of building your life around sport—-there’s basically no money in it unless you’re on the extreme edge. I wish people would stop dumping their entire life’s energy into chasing it—-do something more useful like stamping parts out in a factory. Olympic athletes are stunningly focused achievers—I’d love to see that energy and drive applied to something that mattered.

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Post by TriangleEdge »

belval wrote: post #9

Sensationalistic headline aside, this is a very thorny issue. On one hand you want to provide livable wages to your athletes, but Canada just registered a deficit of 62 billions. Cuts are coming and more money to Olympians will be put up against funding for healthcare, education, etc... At some point you have to make hard decisions.

> On one hand you want to provide livable wages to your athletes

Why? Sports are just another form of entertainment for others. Same as any other performance artist.

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Post by nothercastle »

grecy wrote: post #8
PartiallyTyped wrote: post #2

Reminds me how GoFundMe is effectively a healthcare insurance that's based on donations. https://time.com/5516037/gofundme-medical-bills-one-third-ce...

One third of all donations on GoFundMe are for medical expenses. [1] the very vast majority of that must be Americans. I’m staggered how many Americans are steadfastly against socialized healthcare for all, but immediately turn to GoFundMe in desperation when their insurance tells them to take a hike. I can’t help thinking “just do that for everyone” [1] https://time.com/5516037/gofundme-medical-bills-one-third-ce...

If you have a non emergency procedure and you are short of cash it seems like medical tourism would be a better choice

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Post by jmclnx »

randall wrote: post #5

yeah i don’t see a problem here tbh. especially if you’re a swimmer, you’re effectively naked in front of billions of people anyway.

True, but swimming is what I call an Olympic tier 1 sport. That means there seems to be plenty of support for these athletes. The hard/impossible to see on TV sports are were I think people are having big issues.

But after reading the article, looks like the IOC is raking in the big bucks and exploiting all athletes. No surprise there since I and maybe everyone believes the IOC nothing but a corrupt organization.

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Post by Y-bar »

TriangleEdge wrote: post #15
belval wrote: post #9

Sensationalistic headline aside, this is a very thorny issue. On one hand you want to provide livable wages to your athletes, but Canada just registered a deficit of 62 billions. Cuts are coming and more money to Olympians will be put up against funding for healthcare, education, etc... At some point you have to make hard decisions.

> On one hand you want to provide livable wages to your athletes Why? Sports are just another form of entertainment for others. Same as any other performance artist.

I think artists should have a livable wage as well.
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