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Re:Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken'... by teractiveodular on Thursday January 09, 2025 @02:56AM (#42642850)
Creating software is an economically profitable activity that many people are willing to pay top dollar for. Throwing a disc really far by hand, not so much.

That said, the "hobby" angle is irrelevant here. As the article points out, the IOC makes an absolute fuckton of money from Olympic broadcast rights and sponsors, essentially none of which flows back to the actual athletes.

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Re:Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken'... by timeon on Thursday January 09, 2025 @06:04AM (#42644058)
However end result is often the same.
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Re:Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken'... by sofixa on Thursday January 09, 2025 @06:34AM (#42644234)
> As the article points out, the IOC makes an absolute fuckton of money from Olympic broadcast rights and sponsors, essentially none of which flows back to the actual athletes.

A lot of it flows back into the Olympic Committees of each country, who are in charge of spreading it, investing into infrastructure, youth development, etc.

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