Lottery Funded Athletes

Frank Wilson
Frank Wilson Posts: 930
edited November 2015 in The cake stop
Do you think they pay it back when they hit the big time and dosh starts rollin' in?

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    No.

    It's lottery funding.

    If you don't want to fund them, don't p!ss your money away on the least likely way to win money gambling.
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  • Frank Wilson
    Frank Wilson Posts: 930
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19734025#p19734025]Rick Chasey[/url] wrote:
    No.

    It's lottery funding.

    If you don't want to fund them, don't p!ss your money away on the least likely way to win money gambling.


    You are right Rick and I don't do it personally.
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,431
    i don't play the lottery

    i just suggest appropriate gifts in the event of winning to people that do

    the odds are better
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • Lookyhere
    Lookyhere Posts: 987
    Its a good way for sports that dont pay top dollar to compete at the highest level, so no.

    I wouldnt be happy, if lottery money went to Man Us academt programe.
  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    It is rather odd that some athletes get to the peak of their chosen discipline on the back of funding provided by people at the arse end of the socio-economic scale who often are in dire need of exercise themselves. How are olympic programs funded in other countries?

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