 Canadians to be paid for medal performances at Olympics Canadian athletes will receive cash rewards for winning medals at the Olympic Games.
The Canadian Olympic Committee announced the decision Monday as it prepared for the Summer Games next August in Beijing.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 2 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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Professional athleats on the other hand should not. BUT i also believe that professional athleats shouldn't be at the olympics anyways...
The more medals the athletes win for the country the more money the gov't gives to the sports programs involved with the olympic programs
Of course they should get paid - steroids don't come cheap, y'know.
It's time they got something back in return. Personally I'd rather see them paid a living wage so they can live a decent life without always taking a backseat in life style and training to countries that are willing to support their amateur athletes.
In this country alot of people seem to be to quite willing to have the government pay for the less fortunate, including drug addicts, criminals and homeless people, "because they made a poor choice", yet people who made a choice to give up alot and represent their country are left to their own devices.
Hypocritical.
I've got no problem with elite athletics, but the government should not serve to promote the elite. Olympic medals in bobsledding aren't improving the general health of Canadians.
What Canadians need is more access to facilities that encourage children to live active lifestyles, not to sit on the couch watching other people smile on podiums.
Why should tax money be used to promote one person out of 30 million to become the world's most elite javelin thrower? How is that serving the public in a constructive manner?
I've got no problem with elite athletics, but the government should not serve to promote the elite. Olympic medals in bobsledding aren't improving the general health of Canadians.
What Canadians need is more access to facilities that encourage children to live active lifestyles, not to sit on the couch watching other people smile on podiums.
Why should tax money be used to promote one person out of 30 million to become the world's most elite javelin thrower? How is that serving the public in a constructive manner?
I've got no problem with elite athletics, but the government should not serve to promote the elite. Olympic medals in bobsledding aren't improving the general health of Canadians.
What Canadians need is more access to facilities that encourage children to live active lifestyles, not to sit on the couch watching other people smile on podiums.
It may be true that it doesn't really help general health but there is such a thing as national pride.
I'd like my country to compete in competitions and not be the laughing stock of the world, especially when we're hosting in 2010. So just like any other business, we have to spend money to attract the elite.
All countries have different means to fund their Olympic teams through lotteries or charity.
It may be true that it doesn't really help general health but there is such a thing as national pride.
I'd like my country to compete in competitions and not be the laughing stock of the world, especially when we're hosting in 2010.
It may be true that it doesn't really help general health but there is such a thing as national pride.
I'd like my country to compete in competitions and not be the laughing stock of the world, especially when we're hosting in 2010.
What really made me angry is the fuckhead kayaker that actually made the statement above.
It may be true that it doesn't really help general health but there is such a thing as national pride.
I'd like my country to compete in competitions and not be the laughing stock of the world, especially when we're hosting in 2010.
Yes, because we've started spending money since Salt Lake. Before that we were pretty bad.
It may be true that it doesn't really help general health but there is such a thing as national pride.
I'd like my country to compete in competitions and not be the laughing stock of the world, especially when we're hosting in 2010.
What really made me angry is the fuckhead kayaker that actually made the statement above.
Isn't Canada one of the leaders in healthy foods? Isn't everything DIET and LEAN and SKIM nowadays?
Also sport can help obesity. A kid can watch an athlete win a medal and want to be like him/her! Then they can enter sports programs and exercise. If Canada finished dead last all the time, no one would be active anymore.
It may be true that it doesn't really help general health but there is such a thing as national pride.
I'd like my country to compete in competitions and not be the laughing stock of the world, especially when we're hosting in 2010.
It was and we're only going to get more competetive given the fact that our athletes will be able to better compete on an even playing field with countries like the USA, Russia and Australia who stongly subsidize their athletes.
The money we will spend on our elite athletes is a pittance compared to what our governments waste each year.