2024-07-25 20:20:02.706562+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
I mean, the whole point of the "amateur" sport of the Olympics was to give an economic class the ability to say they were better at *something* physical than the laboring classes.
So, yeah, fuck the Olympics.
LA Times: Chasing the Olympic dream isn’t cheap, and U.S. athletes often are stuck with the bill
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