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Re:Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken'... by kitd on Thursday January 09, 2025 @06:34AM (#42644238)
Children can be the best they can be at something, and have that thing generate no value to anybody else around them

Except that the IOC generate billions in revenue so there obviously is value to a lot of people in it somewhere. The problem as stated is that the root source of that value, ie the athletes, see very little of that revenue.

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Re:Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken'... by lmm on Thursday January 09, 2025 @08:53AM (#42645487)
> the IOC generate billions in revenue so there obviously is value to a lot of people in it somewhere.

There's value in the Olympics, sure, but that value is concentrated in a handful of big-name sports. The smaller ones come along for the ride rather than generating value themselves.

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