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Re:Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken'... by Lukas_Skywalker on Sunday January 05, 2025 @11:26AM (#42602838)
„Early days“ is until 1990 in that case, which is surprisingly late. Some nations got around the ban by employing the athletes as soldiers and allowing them to prepare almost full time though.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games#Amateurism_and...

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Re:Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken'... by nradov on Monday January 06, 2025 @09:25AM (#42610779)
The US Army still does that through the World Class Athletic Program. It's an effective recruiting and morale program.

https://www.armywcap.com/

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Re:Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken'... by apocadam on Monday January 06, 2025 @10:51AM (#42611552)
Thanks for the link, this made me chuckle:

There was also a prevailing concept of fairness, in which practising or training was considered tantamount to cheating.[176] Those who practised a sport professionally were considered to have an unfair advantage over those who practised it merely as a hobby.[176]

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