politics

when one side doesn't show up

when your mom doesn't show up to watch you play though

no one cares

I mean the poeople who compete in the olympics would be fucking pissed if biden just said you can't go

(it's happened before)

they train their whole lives to compete in something once every 4 years

oof

See, I would have thought that too

but I don't think it maters as much as you think it does

maybe

because for most sports, the olypmics are more of a formality

I don't know much of anything about that career path

there favorites to win at the olympics, are favored because they won a gold medal, a couple months before, facing the same athletes they would in the olympics

yeah, sometimes things change, or someone upsets the favorite

but in something like track or swimming

the same 8 people tend to finish exactly the same, the entire year

huh

wtf do track athletes do outside of the olympics though

like

is it televised?

does the governemnt pay them

I honestly have no idea

lmfao

that is such a non committal boycot

its not even a boycott

usually Bopit

its just biden saying he isnt gonna go

they spend all day taking roids and training

while living at home with their parents

or in a training commune

I've actually (somehow) met a lot of Olympic athletes

or at least a lot of people in that sphere

it's weird

yeah they come in to approve the satelites before you launch them into space

lol

they know if it looks fast or not

that is weird since usually olympic athletes are adults

and if it's aerodynamic

kappa

yeah that's what I was thinking

how tf do they get paid

I work with a girl who was an Olympic gymnast until she blew up her ankle rn

they don't Bopit

they get a tiny stipend

and then get more if they win tournements

ok spooky doxed ez gg

enough to live on... maybe

not really

more like

ok stipend at least makes you sometime

enough to not die

is it at least 25k/year?

I figured this was the bulk of their income

pretty sure the olympics pays well too

not at all

winning a gold is $40k

I want them to make an offshoot of the olympics where they max out people with all the best possible gear and roid them the fuck out to see what is the technological limit of the human body can be.

bruh

I assume a lot of the actually liked ones get sponsorship deals?

is 40k not a lot?

and the stipend for top-tier athletes is like 2-3k/month

people on niche teams, like bobsled

get <$1k

F

40k

Most people only win gold only win like one gold, and that's for once every 4 years

for iwnning gold

once every 4 years

is not a lot

Not everyone is michael phelps

infact most arent

well yeah

silver is 20k, bronze is 10k

it's only relevent to the people who actually win

the people who actually win also get TV ads and stuff

they do alright

true

but that's the top .1%

of everyone competing

if you dont win then, well, try not to die