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I think it's important to be realistic with your dreams and expectations for them. I am an 'elite athlete'. I compete in one of the oldest sports/events in his
by thewizardofaus 5y ago
I think it's important to be realistic with your dreams and expectations for them.
I am an 'elite athlete'. I compete in one of the oldest sports/events in history.
I am top 3 in the country and top 60 in the world.
My dream is to be a full-time athlete and represent my country at the 2024 Olympics and also many Major international competitions.
Unfortunately, I will never make a 'living' from my sport. After sponsorship deals and prize money the Top 5 athletes in the world are making $100K USD (before flights/accommodation/manager fees)
I am perfectly content with that and it has influenced my lifestyle greatly.
I chose to get a good education and work from home and pursue X/Y/Z because it gives me more freedom to Train and pursue my "real-dreams".
- rosetremiere 5y ago> oldest sports/events in history. which one?
- nxpnsv 5y agoI guess archery...
- dopidopHN 5y agoIs he not referring to the Olympic?
- everdrive 5y agoProstitution.
- swader999 5y agoI think this is only a demonstration event at the Olympics.
- selimthegrim 5y agoI think Matthew Syed wrote the definitive article on the subject.
- plater 5y agoWrestling?
- Mulpze15 5y agoBetting on rowing
- throw_this_one 5y agoTrolling.
- FriedrichN 5y ago>oldest sports/events in history That has to be some form of running, right?
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- godfreyantonell 5y agoNaked decathlon
- agustif 5y agoI have this crazy idea to make a patreon for sports... I hate how the sports world has been consumed by -top players- on the most lucrative markets, which are mostly marketing products. I love sports but hate the sports current -way of selling out-, the power law distributions, etc... I do think someone should get up and running a Patreon/KickStarter for sports.... You as an athlete put up your profile, you can put updates with your training etc, and you have your -goals- competitions you want to attend in the future and need X dollars for equipment/travel expenses etc... Just a random idea, reading an athlete like you telling how it is, makes me think it's more needed than ever.
- throwaway3699 5y agoNot practical either, the power law still applies to Patreon creators and the like.
- agustif 5y agoYeah but the mission would be that any person who wants to do a sport, is able to do it and doesn't just skip it for monetary reasons... You still probably won't make 100k/year from it, but no athlete should have to not go to a competition, or not be able to train or afford the equipment, etc... But yeah, I'm not even an athlete so what would I know, heh
- throwaway3699 5y agoI get you, but things are even less distributed than you'd expect. The bottom 90% (95%?) of Patreon creators can't even make minimum wage. The top 1% are reigning in FAANG salaries from the Midwest.
- agustif 5y agoYep, get you too, I just stay away from it. But yeah some ideas ain't good enough to pursue
- ambicapter 5y ago