09-09-2016, 01:23 PM
(09-08-2016, 01:36 PM)ColoradoTree link Wrote:You can get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by a government due to swimming success. But if you get paid endorsement money by private companies due to swimming success? That sin is unforgivable.
The USOC receives no public funding afaik. So the hundreds of thousands of dollars that Olympians receive for being good at swimming comes from sponsors, private donations, etc.