It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel

Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by areyousure on Friday June 11, 2021 @08:00PM (#27479982)

> A child of a high-school teacher simply isn't becoming an Olympic figure skater. The monetary investment is far too titanic.

> Regarded as one of, if not the greatest male figure skater in history, Hanyu has broken world records nineteen times ...

> Hanyu was born ... the second and youngest child to his father, who is a junior high school teacher

Oh, maybe this doesn't count? After all, his father was a junior high school teacher. /s

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Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by bsder on Friday June 11, 2021 @08:32PM (#27480175)

> She accompanied him during his training in Toronto, Canada, while his father and older sister, Saya, stayed in Japan.

The exception merely proves the rule. Not sarcasm.

Who paid for their ice time? Who paid for them to live in Canada? Who paid for Brian Orser to be their coach?

The fact that someone somewhere hits the jackpot on their first pull in no way changes the fact that the majority lose.

And how many children as good or better didn't get this kind of support?

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