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Re:Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken'... by insane_dreamer on Thursday January 09, 2025 @01:57AM (#42642371)
once every four years (and that's if you're good enough to make it to multiple olympics) isn't going to pay the bills
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Re:Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken'... by eviks on Thursday January 09, 2025 @02:37AM (#42642725)
This doesn't make sense as

1) it entirely depends on the prize and the financing infrastructure around it

2) athletes can participate in other competitions besides the Olympics

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Re:Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken'... by sofixa on Thursday January 09, 2025 @06:31AM (#42644215)
> athletes can participate in other competitions besides the Olympics

They can, but almost none of them are even remotely as popular as the Olympics. The only exceptions are in massive sports (football, in the US american football, hockey, basketball; in countries like India cricket; tennis, F1). For every other sport, the Olympics are the pinnacle and nothing is even remotely comparable.

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Re:Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken'... by insane_dreamer on Thursday January 09, 2025 @11:10AM (#42646999)
1) athletes don't make much prize money from the Olympics; what it can lead to is advertising ops and endorsements -- and that's where money comes in.

2) yeah, but who watches those? and if there's nobody watching then there's not much money in it

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