Yea kinda sad and cool at the same time

More like fourth place. "Sorry dude you didn't get a medal here's 5 bucks" lol

Well if I was a cyclist I would deliver food on my bicycle hahaha

Shameful it would be

I'd tip n treat them exactly the same as any other person doing the job.

You are absolutely correct. That's like an unspoken requisite right there. You can be a kid with the biggest dream in the world to win an Olympic gold medal for this country, but without a supportive family or connections, it's virtually impossible. That is probably why the majority of participants of these niche sports are white and live in neighborhoods where something like fencing or archery classes are readily available.

One super supportive family member can make all the difference for a young athlete to grow into an Olympian, it's incredible. A whole supporting family is even better.

@@fauxdauteur seems to be a reason to provide that for your kid..

@@fauxdauteur I was just having this exact conversation with my wife. It true that a lot of talent goes un realized because of hardship.

@@fauxdauteur Where are fencing and archery classes "readily available" anywhere? The vast majority of participants are going to have to travel to seriously partake in these sports. Also, the reason the sport is niche is because almost nobody partakes compared to other sports, not really because of racial barriers. Black people aren't even underrepresented in fencing. in Rio, they had 5/24 =20% black vs ~18% of the population overall being black. The USA track team and basketball team are very over represented with regards to black competitors. So much so, that just across those those disciplines, they right about make up the ~18% representation in the US Olympic team that would be normally seen in society. Seeing as they aren't really being paid, socioeconomic opportunity doesn't seem to be the hindrance in this case. So, black people are actually over represented in the US Olympic team. Like I said, it's culture more than anything else. Hockey is a Canadian dominated sport. Archery is an Korean dominated sport. Distance running is a Kenyan/Ethiopian dominated sport. Trail running is a European dominated sport. That's just the way the cookie crumbled with regards to the sports people chose to partake in. Getting into any sport and being able to compete at the Olympic level requires a high amount of privilege and money, especially in sports like track (especially sprinting and running events), boxing, and basketball, which are undeniably HUGE in black culture, are gear dependent, require local access to a track/gym/court, and have very high incidence of injuries when compared to other sports (which entails more being spent on physio/massage therapy/medication/surgery/etc). That's not to say that there aren't additional barriers for black people in society, but rather that this doesn't seem to be the issue in this case... at all.

YES GO WATER POLO!

How much money do you think women’s water polo brings in lol

I agree the 2 sports that I always follow is Water Polo & Beach Volleyball 🏐

It is kind of because nobody cares about water polo and it is one of those sports that you can't even play unless you go to a high school that has a pool (only ones I know of in Kentucky are private Catholic schools for example) and... I don't even think I get a channel on TV that airs water polo. Water polo is just too niche to bring in the viewers. Well diving and swimming bring in viewers but only for the olympics... well thats true for most of the olympic competitions... perhaps they can earn more money if they play in the water polo version of the NBA/NFL, etc.

Water polo and the volleyball players. They went through a lot to make it. Someone should notice this

Yeah I can see how you're right. Team GB won like 1 gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics. Which was pathetic by their standards. So you're basically saying that the UK government realized "half of the reason why we didn't do good was our fault when we had the resources to train our athletes. So we won't let the same mistake happen again".

Smart move

Some GB athletes have to fund themselves it’s not that easy here too

"the teams around them with the profits of the national lottery.." ooooh, that makes sense to use a lottery! we should do something like that in the US.

@@persebra The lottery is a gamblers tax. It's the perfect way to fund things like the olympics where you went an independent fund to the treasury which doesn't have the same level of accountability

That doesn’t pay the bills

@Bipin Bhartola that sarcasm hurts Olympians

@@openmind2546 "Any job is essential to the person who depends on it..." Yeah, but that doesn't make them an essential worker. Essential worker specifically refers to those who are essential for the continued functioning of society. Fire and Rescue, Medical workers, transportation workers, farmers. These are essential workers, because they provide services that are essential to society. Fast food workers, hair stylists, barbers, movie theater employees, are not essential workers, even if those jobs are essential to the individual, because these services are not essential to society.

Play a sport that generates revenue and you won’t have a problem

So true 😕

Exactly..look at when Jamaicans win there first medal..elaine for instance ..others cried for not being able to get a medal in the finals

@@GrammaDhan yeah because they suck, in comparison to the person on top atleast. Sports is a cutthroat business, only the best will ever make it.

@@TubesForNoobs bro if u don’t win the Olympics u don’t suck wtf 💀

@@dakotajackson3345 who is the US 5th fastest runner this season? I bet you’re gonna have to google it, but I bet you can tell me all about the gold medalists, why is that? Because people only acknowledge the winners. It’s simple and when I say they suck I mean in comparison to medalists

India is so devoid of medals that any medal winner is assured at least $10 million USD in cash prizes and sponsors. A gold medal can earn you upto $20 million USD.

Competition can do wonders, and there’s plenty of that in the US in every sector of society.

The USA also has much better access to facilities. Nowehere else in the world is there an abundance of athletics tracks like the USA with every college and loads of highschools having them. Same with pools and other facilities. Also the school system is pretty good for getting athelte's a chance to be recognised and get support. Combine that with a 300million population and there are bound to be plenty come through. Undeniably it would be better were there support for atheltes outside the main sports, especially in poor areas. But I compete in the UK, and was in an unfunded national program going to the Olympics, and yet had to move to a city just to find an atheltics track! So it's swings and roundabouts really!

Silver medalists Raven Sanders works in a warehouse

@@TheAxelBrown forget track and and field. Especially road running

Scholarships from universities help as well

china has those training facilities, unlike America, where the athlete basically has to pay for things out of his/her own pocket.. unless their job is literally competing (such as major league athletes or movie stars such as Chris Hemsworth) and they don't have "a main job".

Inspite of that the US tops the gold medal tally in the summer Olympics. Big shout out to the US Olympians.

Yea they pay their athletes tons of money. They’ve pumped millions into their Olympic program

Probably because China has way more people

How exactly does a gold medalist pony rider or whatever these sports are, bring glory or even tourists to a country? Your tax money is going towards funding these athletes passion, well my passion is traveling around the world, please pay for my trips with your tax money! Edit: I will even carry around a little swiss flag to bring fame and glory to my country!

@@krodax3639 you don’t think Usain Bolt brought glory and recognition to Jamaica?

@@krodax3639 🤦🏻‍♀️

@@krodax3639 you have probably made the dumbest comment of the day.Congrats 🤡🤡

@@krodax3639 You and I need to go bowling sometime. I love the way you think.

Bruh

Taxes are inhumane.

@@noname-bt9ky I mean taxes are the reason we have roads, teachers, public parks, firefighters, and a whole lot of other important stuff but sure... inhumane... sure

You mean you have to pay taxes? Olympians need to learn what’s it like being a normal person

It's a lot like how it taxes unemployment. My state paid for my unemployment when I lost my job. Then my federal taxes came in and took 25%. (State didn't tax it). 25% of 1800/mo is brutal.

this is how a nation suppose to treat their international hero

Our only Indian gold medal winner in Javelin has till now got 2 million $ from different state governments and companies (not even sponsorship, just a gift). I am sure once he starts doing ad and sponsorship he will be worth above 5$M.

its different for countries like usa, then win 100's of medals, not that special

I’m inclined to say that in Malaysia after you won a medal at the Olympics everyone wants to be your friend. I hate that not many athletes get to shine just ‘coz they’re too focus on athletes that got “lucky” at the Olympics.

Sponsorships are from private companies and that happens for almost every medalist everywhere. The ones who don’t make money are the ones who don’t medal or have no Promise. Athletics has always been cutthroat, if you’re not gonna be the best then don’t bother.

@LTNetjak Indeed. The other major difference is that the IOC stopped prohibiting athletes from making money for their sport decades ago.

College athletes get to go to school for free. They aren’t paying over 100k to attend their school. That’s what a scholarship is

​@@samplautz5586not every Olympian gets a full ride scholarship...

so what ? They don't sell tickets consistently

@@tomservo5007 You must have missed the part of the video where it said the CEO of the gymnastics organization makes 1.2 million a year. The money is there, but the athletes who do all of the work aren't getting any of it. There are no Olympics without athletes.

@@AngryBerb you think trainers, logistics is not work ? Without these people there would be no Olympics either

@@AngryBerb great, I hope your attitude of that translate to workers too

@@AngryBerb Also in the video she says that in gymnastics there is a lot of money, but the small sports are what struggles the most which makes sense, you have to look at athletes as actors and sports as the movies they appear in, if you don't go watch that movie the actors wont get paid as much... who cares they are good at that sport if no one watches it... in the end they are there just to entertain people and Olympics continue just to make huge amounts of money from TV deals

Please explain to me what about it is exploitative in nature. Exploitative relationships are parasitic. It is a 100% voluntary opportunity to internationally represent your country and there's a good potential to make a lot of money doing it. What you're talking about is a zero-sum game. Just because one side is benefited does not automatically mean that it is at the opposing party's expense.

If the host country does not have enough resources to spend on venues they should not have volunteered to host the Olympics to begin with, nobody forced them to volunteer

In India, Olympic Participants are fully sponsered and rewarded, and if they get a medal they get 6crore INR+ ie.60 million dollars+

@@spaceodyssey6004 I am indian as well, but you are certainly joking my friend. I don't think participants get this much. Not even winners. Govts offer them government job, which are ofcourse welll paid, but not at the extent you are saying. Some winners get prizes from businessman and companies. But it's not rule so not all get it. And not all who get it is not equal for everyone as well.

@@spaceodyssey6004 Bruh, idk where you get your faxx from but this is as wrong as it can be, "The Indian Olympic Association has set cash prizes of Rs 75 lakh for gold medalists and Rs 40 lakh and Rs 25 lakh for silver and bronze respectively" now 75 lakhs is not a small amount ($100k), now that source also states that, "However, that prize will be escalated by steep cash rewards being offered by several states to spur their athletes to medals at Tokyo Olympics" but that is no where near the amounts you are talking about.

The UFC

I think being a parent tops that. In both directions.

@@ratas258 china is the same way though- I mean I’m not defending America but China don’t give a shit about their Olympians

@@axia9294 But at least China has training facilities for their Olympians and their Olympians don't have to worry about paying training-related expenses.

@@aliciam1646 fair point

They are the best at sports no one cares about. Athletes that compete at sports that are poplar are rich. It's only the obscure ones that struggle.

Well, all it goes down to is viewership. Sports that have a lot of viewers, have opportunities for ads. Opportunities for ads mean that companies want their logo up there and are willing to pay huge amounts to the athletes for doing so. I dont think there is a particular problem in the funding of the athletes... sure the government could support them more, but in private business there just isnt demand for that. Think about it. How often do you see NFL/NBA/soccer/tennis on TV, vs how often do you watch long jump / javelin throw / womens 400m hurdles on TV? Inevitably, the track&field and less known sports are just not so interesting to watch, meaning less viewers, less sponsors and less money to the athletes.

No one gives a sh@t who is best in the world at picking their nose either. So they dont get paid for it. They are pursuing elective hobbies for their own amusement, nothing more.

There are millions of homeless and you wanna pay people for jumping high? Dude.

@@katie-st8nx What the hell haha. In today's world, people get paid on how much perceived value they add to the society. A company CEO gets paid x € year, because he solves complicated problems, works under heavy stress and leads a company (lots of people) with a strong vision. Why should the money go to homeless? Im all about social support groups, good programs to get those people back on track... but the world just doesn't work that way. What if we took your salary and gave 50% away to a homeless? There are millions of homeless people and you wanna pay _____ for doing _____ job? Jeez.

Same

Not in the U.S.

@@Xyz99899 not in India either

Olympics is a sporting corporate. And we all know what happens in a corporate. The bosses drive Maybach.. and come down at the bottom to see workers (athletes here) struggling to survive. .

It's all or nothing. If you win and look good on camera, you can get multi-million dollar sponsorship and endorsement deals. If not, it's DoorDash and McDonald's gigs.

I think it's a little embarrassing that we have once again emerged on top for all the wrong reasons. I'm not sure what the message is that we're sending with the 7 figures for gold medals. Our sports emphasis and awareness, on the national level, is appalling, even more so when considering the volume of foreign athletes we were once importing. As with many things in the country, the concern is with shine and splendour, no matter how hollow.

I was just gonna mention that. Singapore awards the most money and they have yet to win any medals at the Tokyo Olympics.

India pays 3crore rupees for gold , 2 for silver and 1 for bronze , but again the same case , that not many are winning

It’s not just about prize money places like USA and China Russia also offer there athletes proper couching jobs to produce more medals a proper jobs after retirement from the sport

That's what the SG govt is good at doing. High headline figures to show they are benevolent but the whole infrastructure and sporting culture is appalling. The one gold Olympian owes his success to his family's financial and emotional support, not the country's development. The only paid Olympians are foreigners, as a local athlete you gotta find your own job and find time to train after that

you mean the title "shouldn't be" and also, wow, big surprise that small/poor countries don't have good programs. I bet no one would have assumed that. American is a very big and rich country; it should have the best of the best programs and funding compared to 2nd/3rd world countries. The title is fine also fine because it's true for most of the athletes.

@@elderbob4852 indonesia is a third world country. But, if an athlete win a medal (even bronze) they will get enough money from tje govt, rich individuals, companies, etc to make u rich - very rich. They will even get lifetime pensions like civil servants.

Medalists are so overhyped. If I don't like your sports, your medals doesn't matter anything for me.

@@Amin10XD Still ain't overhyped than that football player named Messi.

@@abdulalhazred4224 Sure, because it wouldn't be that many athletes winning.

That’s great for us. Can’t believe there’s so many idiots who want to take money from homeless people to fund athletes

and they shouldn't, government wastes enough money already. A games which puts cities into massive debt spreading its damage across the world every 2 years isn't worth having.

because there's no reason to. I personally think it's weird to support olympic athletes with government funding.

@@churblefurbles I agree. I love the olympics but unless they don’t do it off of something other than taxpayer money, I can’t approve.

And it shouldn't have to be. For these athletes to make money off their own sports year round there needs to be competion that people have access to spectate. No need to wait until it's Olympics/World Cup/World Championship season for these guys to get paid if they have their own professional leagues to compete in. We just have to watch those leagues so these guys can get paid.

Actually most of the over head cost for fencing comes from tournament costs and traveling. Like a full set of clothes of the best gear costs around $1000 which in comparison to other sports isn't to bad. You have some stuff that breaks (the fencing blades) but typically if you're fencing 5 to 6 days a week throughout the year you're only paying around $1000 for brand new equipment all including shoes blades gloves ect. A solid 70% of a person's fencing budget typically ends up going to club costs (coaching and paying for a specific gym to fence at) and traveling fees having to pay a couple hundred bucks for a plane ticket here then there.

@@costanikols8 I know I fence

@@Laurenafenete so do I, but saying the kit itself is what makes the sport expensive is kinda misleading. Fencing in relation to most other sports isn't that much more expensive in the realm of sports. Sports in general are expensive to compete in and singling out fencing just hurts the sports growth in a way where most people are just going to assuming that there's no way they'd be able to afford it.

A lot of people can't its a hard sport to get into especially for beginners who want to really get into it e.g. buy kit, start competing, finding a local club In my og comment I was just commenting on the pile of sabre kit in the video I get exited when I see sabre featured its my weapon I would love more people to get into fencing especially sabre which isn't usually featured when there are general videos about fencing and do I still love fencing even with the drawbacks yes but I am definitely not going to hide the fact that fencing is a hella expensive sport and has multiple barriers of entry whether it's accessibility of local clubs, constantly buying kit because something broke or fie changed the rules or the travelling

@@Laurenafenete why kendo is not there in olympics ,fencing looks boring

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They get money from the government tho

@@ReverendKeven Disability checks? lmao good one

Can't you make money from canoeing classes, training service for kids etc .... just because you like some sports, govt should fund you is it ?

@@RK-bj8ho true

@@RK-bj8ho some people coach on the side to make money. but the problem is if we train 8 hours a day and then you need to work 8 hours a day just to make enough money to break even, then include 2-3 hours for commuting and food - there’s no way to sustain that over time. a lot of athletes will try and work in conjunction with training, but the sad reality is 98% of athletes will not be able to have quality training sessions/reach their fullest potential as an elite athlete.

@Elias Håkansson the ad revenue belongs to who ? the host nation is investing billions in infrastructure ..... usually olympics are loss making events for the host nation and justified as PR / propaganda

Damn.

& pay 50 grand for a CAT scan lol. It's risky getting injured in the US of A.

@@yugen3968 it why part of their budget calculation goes to buying a health insurance. Also the lack of understanding what is and not covered will make your wallet a "lighter". Lol. Best thing.... "Don't Get Hurt" and you will be a-okay.

@@yugen3968 here cat scan is like 200 dollars max.

@@ttt9618 We have our own problems, like Docs are underpaid, but yeah. I get it for free, cz my mother works there lol

Imagine people taking personal responsibility for their lives, not demanding a Fed Govt solve every human problem. Wow, sorta how USA was designed. Maybe read Federalist Papers and pay your own way in life?

Yeah it’s also a bit by design, since Olympics is meant for “amateurs”, in that sense the competitors should have other jobs and careers out side of the sport. But I feel qualified athletes should at least have their training related expenses paid.

Yes

In India, Olympic Participants are fully sponsered and rewarded, and if they get a medal they get 6crore INR+ ie.60 million dollars+

@@spaceodyssey6004 bruh 6 crores is only 1 million $. Probably even Micheal Jordan didn't get 60 million dollars in one go. Money doesn't fall from sky. Even Virat kholi or MS Dhoni don't earn that much money.

@@spaceodyssey6004 we don't reward olympiad who only participate. To get that ₹ 6 crore that is $1 million cash prize, the athlete must win at least a bronze. And we barely win the many medals anyway. That's why it's doable.

Not easy to become a big content creator though. It would take time away from training

@@foldedcandle Agreed. But as they hire coaches, nutritionists, etc, they could hire someone to document and edit their videos which in turn would generate revenue somewhere like KZfaq. It wouldn’t take them away from training either.

@@zayaanzakir another problem is that YT makes very little money. Even with a million views, that's only like $3,000. And they should have to pay those people. They would have to rely on sponsorship, again for those videos.

@@halfway7690 I’m sure they make a lot more than that. Either way, sponsors will approach you once you have an audience

They pay more than the us

@@cwhiting thats only if you consider the US a developed country. With all I've learnt about the US so far it seems like a glorified developing country

@@cwhiting they don’t

@@cwhiting they don't

@@indrajith2460 okay hater

Kinda scary for those who's career a comes to abrupt end because of injuries and scandals

I admire more people who do voluntary work and have jobs.

I also admire Nobel Prize winners, now those are some determined people. So… let’s stop funding science and technology research entirely and leave it up to the scientists to drive for Uber if they want luxuries like healthcare.

for most of these athletes, it’s not that they’re determined or hardworking. if they don’t work, they literally have no money

@@andii256 that's what is determined they are for

Wait till you hear how the US treats it's military veterans 🤣

What country? In Greece only a handful of sports is considered as professional.

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@@Konktg I'm guessing it's Indonesia

what country are you from?

not just Olympic athletes but also budding athletes so they could rise up to become Olympians

In Cuba they get a worn tire sandwich and a pat on the back

No, I will not support people that lie through their teeth about being on PEDs for a competition which is corrupt to its core and bankrupts cities. All olympians are liars and cheats, they can rott for all I care.

The competition is a sham and you are delusional. "Karen" name checks out too

like nigeria our government is useless

Did you watch the end of the video? All of the athletes clearly said that it's all about the love of the sport . Also, there are plenty of athletes who are very wealthy that compete in winless sports just like there are poor atheles that compete in winless & sports we do win at.

Also, do research on the athletes. Many sports you suggested, have athletes with sponsors are are wealthy athletes.

Given a choice to enter or not enter olympics without any cash prize, athletes would still choose to go.

Yes, what a human body on drugs 💉 can acheive, how beautiful. Open your eyes lol, they apprar to be closed.

Olympics was and continue to always be about business, politics and diplomacy.

@@malcontentmongreloid5486 the "apprar" to be closed

Since it's inception in Ancient Greece, the Olympics showcasing what the human body could achieve was only a facade to hide the business, and political stuff going on behind the scenes.

@@sheiswhitney its mostly about forcing cities into billions of dollars of debt now. People are making money off forced spending no one asked for.

well I don't think it's just the US, they are just talking to murican athletes

What is your country?

i heard brazil didnt pay to and many work was driver , but yeh

Cool, bro. You get a C+ for video comprehension.

It is common in other countries too Except few

🤣😂

India pays its athletes far more for medals. The guy who won gold in javelin yesterday received over $1.6 million, albeit from different levels of government and states.

@@johnson305 Yes absolutely true!!! But Infrastructure is almost Nill in India compared to US and Eurpoe

@@srinidhiparashar165 lol I wouldn’t be parading around the US infrastructure considering a Condo in Florida just collapsed not too long ago.

@@banksrail please do visit Indian Training facilities once! I can say that only from past 4years or so it has improved!

Bron generates more money for gm

Why sponsor a loser though it doesn't make any sense

I'm surprised people didn't know

I didn’t know this at all Idk why but I had this idea that they had a lot of money

JS, you can pay them

I would quit screw America

Me

That's why no one really wants to host the Olympics anymore. A new structure needs to be built for every Olympics. I mean, they can just re-use the old ones but they don't.

@@fatima-wq1iq Indeed. The whole reason why LA got awarded the 2028 Olympics early is because they and Paris were the only two cities left in the bidding for 2024, so LA agreed to drop their 2024 bid if the IOC would grant them 2028.

Really depends on the sport. If you win gold in a popular sport like tennis, ur definitely not struggling financially. This is only a problem for sports that few people watch and generates little income. And besides, no one is forcing anyone to compete in sports. It's a choice pro's make, even though they know most athletes don't earn a lot.

or silver or bronze or even qualification!

olympians should get a little more recognizion finacial wise

I get paid to smoke weed in my KZfaq videos 🥶🥶💨

@@SevenHunnid who tf are u 😂😂😂

They chose to make the effort.. paying someone to live his dreams is beyond me.

but they have fun doing it, are you kidding me?

Try using Olympic content in yt and see how fast it's taken down. Government seriously needs to analyse the money flow here and see if everyone's getting fair pay.

@@abhishekahirrao4271 why? You want to make money through female athletes bodies too,and you can't with olympic competitions?

@@fenecofeneco19 tf is your response to that comment?

@@fenecofeneco19 You bark at that but completely ignore the fact that real women are currently being abused and literally sold like real-life sex objects. For example, Jeffery Epstein's clients never got punished. They're just buying girls from different pimps now. Where's your protest and marches to get justice when it matters most?

I am wondering the same. If the host countries can't make money and most athletes can't make money and have to pay their own way there, I think the Olympics and the IOC need to be seriously reevaluated.

When will Germany be a great Olympic nation again? They have sucked in the last 4 Olympics compared to previous performances. They were so strong in the 90's winning 32 golds in Barcelona in 1992.

@@trancemadmaz Germany was great in 90s, but suck now. In contrast, UK sucked in the 90s, winning 1-5 golds per Olympics, but since 2008 are one of the greatest Olympic nations. Germany gold medal trend between 1992 and 2016 went-33, 20, 13, 13, 16, 11, 17. By contrast UK went 5, 1, 11, 9, 19, 29, 27, to put that into perspective, and is expected to win more golds then Germany for the 4th straight games(currently 17 compared to Germany's 9), something unthinkable in the 90s

The same situation in Russia

It is similar condition in India.. most Olympians are from army..

Once upon a time, Olympic athletes couldn't be professionals. If they had been paid to compete once in their life, they couldn't compete at the Olympics. My understanding (which could be wrong) is that the Russians conscripted all of their best ice hockey players into the Army, where they were officially soldiers, and after that the dam broke.

You shouldn't just put all the hate on the USA. As the video mentioned only two countries pay their athletes to represent them.

Just to drive home what you're saying even more, remember, every kid on this earth, at 5 years old, said, "I want to be an Olympian!!!" at one point. So parents shell out money to see if the kid is good. Great, the kid is good. Ok, let's go into debt to see how far this dream can go. What happens to the families that shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars, only to find out the kid is good, but not good enough to ever repay the money the parents spent? What happens if those parents aren't rich? I agree, I'm stunned that the US doesn't support their athletes more. It's amazing how many medals we win every year knowing this.

@@vertrex8062 Other countries subsidize costs of training. The US amateur sport system is pretty shit in comparison

@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 You lost the bet to be honest. If you needed to make it to a certain level to make bank and you didnt well hard luck. The thing is even if the US were to pay athletes just for qualifying that would not be enough to cover the years of work. At most the US would pay for the last year of training on top of some pay for qualifying. You would have been training towards other events that has nothing to do with representing the US so they would not see the need to compensated you pass a certain time. Its somewhat tricky but it can be done.

@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 Parents must be a role models for their kids. Going into debt to pursue a future that isn't going to happen is not being a good role model. Sometimes you don't get what you want. Other times, you don't really want what you thought you wanted. It's an important life lesson.

India has a similar model like Singapore. You need to show talent and win gold medals to get paid by govt. If anyone wins gold medal then govt notices him/her and gives him a reward and respect. Lot of big business man will reward him.

Yeah but that’s technically 80% of the Olympics, only 3-4 events get paid GOOD

@@pierreharbin5415 Those sports should be lucky to have any TV coverage at all. If it weren't for the olympics, the viewership for pole vaulting, canoeing, and fencing would be approaching zero

TRUE! Just be better at better sports!

RPH you do realize a pole vaulter has one of the biggest sponsorships in all of track and field right?

@@rph8704 so ungrateful goddamnn bro they work there bodies 24/7 to provide entertainment that shitt would probably stress me to high hell id wanna get paid to wtf is up with you we could take just like a mili from our military funding and add more money for the gold medals each year I meann idrk how this shit worksss but there has to be a solution to make everyone happy 🤷

After a life time of training, it doesn't sound like much.

Well its almost hypothetical since Singapore has won 1 gold medal and 5 total in all Olympics, which is why they can give so much money. Nations like the U.S. can't give that much because we get around 100 medals per Olympic Games.

@@austinwffly2136 Just order 1 less F35 or 10 less Cruise missiles every 4 years.

Well USA doesn’t need to since it is doing fine (how many medals won each Olympics). Not saying it’s right though.

@@NiskyModifiedFB if you doing it for the money there's something wrong with you

lol

thats true too, to an extent

LAWL

Too many lies!

Not all of the promises are fulfilled but yeah mostly medal winners get the treatment you have described

@@meerali2921 No it’s true! They get advertisements among others he mentioned.

@@meerali2921 there is nothing lie , if anyone won medal in india then surely they will get job and money.

@@meerali2921 well India doesn't get many medals, so 3-4 people getting govt jobs isn't big.

In India, Olympic Participants are fully sponsered and rewarded, and if they get a medal they get 6crore INR+ ie.60 million dollars+

hopefully he became a better person. it's not that bad though, dude can be a swimming coach or go on a business selling swimming equipments. it's not as "all or nothing", a lot of path is left in life besides ordinary office work. as long as you got a skill and the will, whatever it is, there is away

@@spaceodyssey6004 yeah that's when they qualify. Before that, the whole expense of training falls on the athletes. All the medals that we have got, is due to the financial involvement of the athletes "themselves". All the sponsorships and ads and money and what not, only comes after when they successfully qualify for the Olympics.

@@spaceodyssey6004 u crazzy?

@@pnjodaro yeah that's true, if you got the skill then you earn, it's as simple as that.

Good to Know that I will NEVER buy from ATHLETA ever again. Simone completely ABANDONED her team, and showing her true colors as a selfish person. Let a real Gymnast win medals.

Yup, it's true for medalists. Even Neeraj Chopra who won the Gold medal for India this evening has the rank of Subedar in the Indian Army based on his past achievements in earlier international tournaments.

But there is no proper infrastructure for the upcoming olympians. We don’t have sponsors for niche sports and for those who couldn’t won a medal this time.

@@kaushalkhator9551 we have much more pressing issues so it is not viable to develop infrastructure for sports. Winning medals at Olympics doesn't helps the country in any significant way. People usually forget that sports are meant to enjoy instead of just seeing them as competitions. Village kids playing Gilly danda and rolling tyres, city kids playing in parks and people playing gully cricket enjoy the sports, they don't yearn stadiums cause they love the sport not the building and items associated with it.

that what i was thinking. but not many(I guess) have done it, so it's probably not that simple. especially when you're already in the national team, they prob in some kind of contract?

sg doesn’t have world class sport facilities. athletes are likely to train overseas. so that’s gonna affect how long they reside in sg and in turn affect naturalisation?

@@andii256 You don't need world class facility for track & field though...

I know we are the biggest hypocrites ever, Simone Biles doesn’t owe the American people anything

Then they shouldn't represent usa. Go represent some other country.

Yea here in britain too

Lies lol. I dont give the first flying f@ck about the Olympics. Bunch of nonsense childrens games on a world stage. Video gamers that are not pro dont cry or wonder why they arent being paid to pursue an elective hobby. Which these are.

@@dirtsapient9638 people responsible for one of the largest sports events in the world aren't getting compensated while they collectively generate billions for the IOC. Obviously that's a shit situation. Ofcourse they're not directly contributing any good to society, so it's not like they deserve to get paid like they're essential workers, but American taxpayers' money goes to far worse causes. I'd rather pay some athletes a living wage than fund the prison system, or the military

Southamerican here, is basically the same, in here the only sport well paid is soccer, the rest have to find a way to pay they own bills. Even the world champions have to pay their own travels

Only usa

Yes exactly. Cuban atheletes are fed old tires and still many of them make it to medals

Not really, here in Indonesia, we give these gold medalists around $700k each. And they'll basically become celebrities which guarantee them financial security.

What? But, carolina marin is surely rich, isnt she? That wont happen in indonesia. If they r chosen to go to the olympic, they r rich (at least, have more money than many of us mortals 😁)

So true. Poor athletes, in general, have no choice but to give their dreams up of competing on a global level or giving honor to the country. Makes me wonder what things most poor athletes(especially those who devoted their careers in lesser known sports) do in order to even have a chance at competing in the Olympics. Manny Pacquiao and Efren "Bata" Reyes are among the few rare cases of rags to riches from our country and even then, they weren't able to participate in the Olympics.

And our gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz did what she did and is doing what she’s doing because she’s advocating for improved funding for athletes. Even here it’s pretty intense, more so if the athlete isn’t one of privileged background.

The corrupt ass government also accused her of conspiracy, don't get it wrong

Did you even saw Diaz's training place? No it's not the comfortable gym. It was in a garage. She hadn't been home for 4 years (or so as i read). She had no one in foreign land, except for her coach. She can't even afford to sleep in any hotel for so long. Instead of being proud of her, yeah why not accused her of having the "privilege" and that's why she could win the medal... ㅡ.ㅡ

Why did I read it as navy pirate😄

Or we could sponsor them since they're doing this to bring our country respect

@@danceteacherrlb Sure but that's just not how the economy works. Someone could sponsor them I guess if they're prepared to lose money. It would have to be a pretty nice person.

@@danceteacherrlb nahh. Respect from who.. we have a military that handles that

@@danceteacherrlb Can you think of a reason why? Because that's not a good reason. "we should give them lots of money because it makes me feel good". I'll tell you a secret, i'm not going to pay another Penny of taxes because someone wants to play games. Where do you think money comes from? So willing to spend everyone's freaking money. They have a gofund Me, feel free to donate your own money.

What about using taxes

haha right? "Next week, watch 30-time-olympic-gold-medalist sell his kidney to the Yakuza... THEN!!... when he thought no one was watching... his coach catches him dumpster-diving, searching for the Yakuza Boss' scraps."

the problem with that is outside of football, basketball, and some places a sport or two most schools athletic programs loose money. someone published the profit chart from lsu athletics and the only sports that turned a profit were football basketball and baseball (barely) every other sport lost money. so you would be asking three sports to pay all their athletes on top of supporting and making it possible to keep said teams. sorry that dosent work. just like life you dont get paid when your not turning a profit for your company or institution

@@zesolodar The three big ball sports do not cover other sports cost. When students pay their tuition there is a student athletic fee included. I know this because it was a part of my tuition cost at Southern Illinois Univ. in the late 70's early 80's still charge it only much higher now. The so called money losing sports do not have television deals or charge a gate fee which makes a HUGE difference.

I think NCAA athletes should be able to get outside funding, other than scholarships and I think that's that case now or being proposed?