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I feel like we should demonetize competitive sports. Sports are wonderful, but money (and maybe fame) incentivizes you past the point where you stop based on how your body feels.

Maybe we miss out on records and storylines, but I think there are much healthier ways of spending our time.

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US olympians earn an average of $16,000/year, mostly from part-time jobs that give them extra time to train. If they win gold, they get $40,000 per medal (meaning teams have to split it). Olympians are definitely not in it for the money.

None of these guys were getting paid to be bobsledders. I suppose they get endorsements and such, but they didn't become millionaires based on a salary alone.

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