I think in the beginning in times of the iron curtain and other conflicts it was about nations competing against each other. So the nations paid their athletes.
to a degree I agree with your statement but im sure if athletes get paid there would be a lot more scandals, cheating and for sure murders and deaths just to get qualified and more over to win the prize money.
Just leaving that here: Jesse Owens, the American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, is often remembered for his interaction with Adolf Hitler. During the games, Hitler was initially seen congratulating some athletes but did not greet Owens or other non-German athletes. However, Owens later expressed that he did not feel personally slighted by Hitler. In interviews, Owens recounted that Hitler waved at him, and he waved back, interpreting the gesture as a form of recognition. Owens also remarked that while Hitler's failure to personally congratulate him was noticeable, he felt more snubbed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who did not invite him to the White House or publicly acknowledge his achievements.
This wasn't even 100 years ago and that's the u.s president, segregation and deep seeded racism was well in effect during our grandparents or some parents lifetimes!! And ppl just expect African Americans to get over generational trauma. Some effects of which we still feel today
It gets worse. The rest of Owens story is so horrific I think the original comment elected to not continue the story because of how horribly Owens was treated.
Poverty and lack of resources has stolen so much greatness from the world. I wonder what talent, intelligence and creativity we would've seen if everyone had a level field and support.
The truth in this statement is insane. Greed has prevented innovation through all of human history. Only when innovation aligns with profitability will it happen.
@@VanquisherFanticalyou literally supported their point. Poverty and lack of resources is CAUSED by greed from others aka corporations and billionaires.
That said, if we lavishly rewarded all good athletes in every sport, maybe none of them ever quit to become doctors or other roles to help society. A modern day Roger Bannister for example probably never even goes to medical school.
@@RurbanWalker Probably, but everyone will have the means to become what they truly seek to be. It's not like the money isn't there, it's that it's not going to the people we watch the events for. Though it can be said it's understandable considering the prep work that goes in it.
I remember going on a date with a girl here in the USA who was on the Olympic Taekwondo team. I started talking to her about what it looked like financially and she told me she was being paid only $1000 a month by USA Olympic team. I was shocked, and actually didn’t believe her until I really looked into it.
That is why FIFA was created when Uruguay's Mens National Team became gold medalist in 2 straight Olympics that time and they gained nothing for amateurism sake...
This is exactly why i quit sailing. I had a real chance going to the olympics in the 49er class (2x danish champion) but working 3 jobs at once was too much on my mental health. It would cost me and my parter approxemetly 200k$ to qualify and that was with no guarantee that i would even go to the olympics. Sure it would be cool going to the olympics but especially sailors make almost no money. Its the 0.01% that can live on it. Me living in a dump and working my ass off + training every day wasnt worth it
5:23 Not a Nazi sympathiser but this is a famous misconception. Roosevelt was the one who disrespected Jesse Owens, not Hitler. Jesse Owens personally recounted how hitler nodded at him and he felt respected in Germany but still experienced racism in the USA including being ignored by Roosevelt.
the fact is that both were racist. it's very clear that black athletes would not have fared well in nazi germany and that being a black athlete in the US was not pleasant either.
Back in 2008 after the Beijing Olympics, I was in line with Eliot Mujaji, a gold medal paralympic 100m runner at a public hospital in Zimbabwe. He was in his wheelchair. Always wondered why.
@@leancheah8688 CNBC compiled the medal prizes for 14 countries, including the United States. The US had the 10th-highest payout across all three medal categories. Hong Kong and Singapore had the most generous prizes, awarding athletes who win gold $768,000 and $745,000. Indonesia, Israel, the Kazakhstan, Malaysia, and Spain award gold medalists at least $100,000. Among the 14 countries, Australia had the smallest financial prize, awarding gold medalists $13,000, silver medalists $10,000, and bronze medalists $7,000. Olympians from countries including Great Britain and Norway receive no direct award for medaling, per CNBC.
I remembered the Beijing Olympics swimming events were changed to be in the morning local time because NBC (who paid $$$$ for broadcast rights) wanted to maximise US viewership. Imagine having the Olympics in your backyard only for the medal events NOT be shown during peak after work hours because ONE country wanted to watch it. Oh and in the same games the IOC president criticised Usain Bolt's celebration during the 100m finals for showing "a lack of respect to other competitors" 🙄
Because “one country” the country that literally supports, runs, funds, and is the sole reason the Olympics is even being talked about to this day.. No US priority no Olympics
I think in the USA we should allow for athletes to pay no taxes on prize and sponsorship money under $100,000.00. Alleviating financial barriers to athletics is in the best interest of our country.
tbh they shouldn’t be getting taxed at all. it’s like when your parents gave you like $10 for ice cream as a kid. But before it got into the palm of your hand you got taxed so now you have $7.50 but the ice cream is also taxed so now you don’t have enough for ice cream anymore. They should be able to write off anything that is related to their professional sports career and the Olympics. This includes gear, travel, meals, etc.
athletes do not just compete for the Olympics though, they enter other competitions and win prizes there. the olympics is just the major one. like why on earth should a tennis player not pay taxes when he competes for money elsewhere and receives sponsor money? also at what stage is sports a hobby vs a career?
the most hypocrite thing is, when IOC face difficulties with money they make an exclusive sponsorship deals as their solution, but when their athlete face it, they are not allowing it even make it worse with their rules. If they think money is also a doping, then IOC must be really high on these. And no surprises all these ideas to classify people starts from british again..Also, another great content Athletic Interest!
Peter Norman got silver in that race. He was the one that suggested they shared gloves because Carlos forgot his. He’s the forgotten part of the most iconic image in Olympic history, and he suffered the rest of his life for it. Carlos and Tommie were pallbearers at his funeral.
1984 in LA made a profit because they didn't build new fancy buildings and stadiums, they used The Forum, The Coliseum, and UCLA facilities and lots of others that already existed. Athletes stayed in the college dorms.
@@guaposworld5074 yeah whats your point. Sudanese players talked about how they studied USA players. thumbnail is still crazy because not one of those three athletes are poor. clickbait shit.
Google Simone's net worth. I know her high income from endorsements is not typical of Olympic athletes. So her face wasn't the one they should have put in the thumbnail.
Because we win so many gold medals. The reason why there are countries that offer so much money is because they have the budget for it because they don’t win enough.
@@alexaxy3328 agreed tbh it mostly has to do with viewership, aside from the typical Basketball, football , combat sports tbh there really isn't much following in most of the olympic sports and most of these athletes only get their time to shine once every 4 years and after they finally retire most of them wither away. Like track and field, its the defacto most common and staple of the olympics due to its history. but after the olympics track and field withers away. Idk if just due to coverage and the lack of leagues or competition but i think it also has to do with the nature of the sport. Its not as fun to watch like the ball sports and combat sports. Most people just care about like 3-4 sports depending on the continent. most of the world is hyper focused on Football, some focused on basketball then if u are a common wealth country cricket would be very popular.
Ethiopian long distance legend, Haile Gebreselassie, is one of the richest people in Ethiopia. He owns businesses like a car assembly plant, a chain of hotels and resorts. Through the years, he had sponsorship deals with Adidas and Diageo.
@@jmgonzales7701 He was in the top 1 percent of track and field athletes. Of course it’s hard to be in the top 1 percentile of any sport. But the average track athlete is broke. You can be a bum in the nba and stil making more than top track athletes.
I genuinely thought Olympians get paid much more, makes me feel bad for them… Loved the video, very insightful! Was wondering what the first song was in the video, I hear it more often but I can’t find it online, thanks in advance!
Yeah, it takes money, time & effort to train. If there's no govt support and the athlete has to rely on self/ family & have a job, it would be really hard physically & mentally. Your brother made a tough choice but it was what's best for him.
In Brazil most of athletes are... Active in Army. Military World Games the top 3 medalist of Summer Games are... Russia, China and Brazil, which are also the 3 last summer military world games champions. Most of our Olympic champions are also Militar games champions. On Brazil there's also the "Bolsa Atleta" Which is government sponsorship. US is just at 12th in Military World Games. That's why i became a fan of Red Bull even without ever buy a drink from them... They did more for athletes more than IOC ever did.
Before lottery funding supported UK athletes, UK might win a couple of golds and maybe just a few other medals. Result was that it was difficult not to make £1million from winning Olympic gold because the whole country knew about you so you could get advertising revenue. Now, UK gets dozens of golds, let alone other medals so we cannot recognise all medal winners after the event so less money in sponsorship and advertising for the athletes
It might be beneficial to be from a smaller or less successful country. The Czech Republic usually wins less than a dozen medals, people remember the successful athletes and they are attractive for all local brands.
FYI: The men competed naked to ensure that they were men and not women, due to an incident where Kalipateira, mother of Peisistratos, attended her son's victory, which was illegal for women at that time. The punishment for such an offense was death. However, she was pardoned because her family, including her father, uncle, brothers, and sons, were all Olympic winners. Following this incident, it was decided that competitors and attendees should be naked to avoid such situations. Also, what you show as Olympus in the video is actually the ancient village of Olympia. The mountain Olympus, known as Olympos in Greek, is located further north.
I assumed it was common knowledge that the Olympics were strictly amateur, or at least treated that way. Reminds me of how Rugby Union avoided becoming professional for far longer than basically every other mainstream sport, it wasn't until the mid 90s that Rugby players could be officially paid to play the game.
@@MattMcTall other countries don’t have hundreds of medalist. Other countries, theirs immense pride by the people in that nation. Americans don’t have that.
side note: recognizing this problem, in France, many athletes have a "public" job. A great many of them are in the Gendarmerie. They get a salary and their working hour are managed so they can train.
I actually like that some professionals like football players and boxers can’t compete. They already get paid big amounts and we already have the World Cup. The Olympics give us something different by only having amateurs
The Olympics don't "only" have amateurs. A lot - if not most - of the big name Olympians are professionals. And the women's soccer players at the Olympics are professionals.
@@tommysawyer9680 why should olympics be the pinnicle of a sport in the first place. pretty shameful when the best accomplishment is one that doesnt pay, gives athletes cardboard beds
It's insane that my government (United States) can give over over 500 billion to the military annually. (This year, they gave 2 trillion to the military) But they can't dedicate 1/30th of that (16 billion) to distribute among Olympic athletes, trainers, coaches and other costs. absolutely ridiculous.
@jmgonzales7701 One, read before you type. Two, giving money to olympic athletes, coaches, and trainers dosen’t have to come from the military budget (but it should). Lastly, the US military never uses its entire budget, so again, the military wouldn't lose any money.
The USA has no reason to pay athletes. Why should the government be obligated to pay athletes? If anybody should be paying them it should be the IOC or whatever country is hosting as they are the one's profiting off of it. I don't know bout you but I don't want my tax money funding some wack ass archery team.
@jmgonzales7701 Considering all of the advertising dollars that go into the Olympics every 4 year that's just untrue. Also, every single sport was a niche at one point or another so again bad point. Also whats popular in the US dosen’t dictate what's popular around the world, handball, rugby, and the recent rise in soccer popularity in the US disproves that. Lastly, the US government dosen’t agree with you because they'll be holding a summer and winter Olympics within the next decade.
Great video as always. A little easter egg for the watchers, the VIP ticket is worth about less than half a euro in today's money and it's an entrance ticket to the ancient Epidaurus site (don't know what year but it's from before Greece joined the Eurozone)
So are movies and music, yet you have musicians and movie stars that make millions per year. The real problem is the IOC. 7 Billion Dollars is generated per Olympic cycle yet the athlete don’t get any of that. There would no Olympics without the athletes!
Money generated in sport, mainly stems from public interest. If there aren't enough people who are interested in the sport, then sponsors won't care to be attached to it. Hence why football (soccer in the US) generates so much money, most of the world's population take an interest in the sport. As with the Olympics, every four years people invest time into watching it. Some disciplines more than others, which is why Runners, swimmers and gymnasts tend to be better sponsored.
@@jermaineayivoh8263yes but you don’t have the greatest harmonica player in the world making what the most popular pop star makes. With movies, why does Leonardo DiCaprio get paid so much? It’s because his movies bring in a lot of money. The more money you can generate the more you get paid. It’s common economics.
@@Amsar93703 That’s not the point I’m making. I’m well aware that not every Olympian should get paid the same, because not every Olympic sport draws in the same amount of viewership. When Usain Bolt was still competing, obviously there were significantly more people willing to watch him run than you’d have people watching archery. The point is that the Olympics generate up to 7 Billion dollars, yet the IOC sees fit to not pay Olympians anything AT ALL. No movie in history has made that much revenue in one go. Yet you have actors who get payed several millions for just one movie. The point I’m making is the IOC SHOULD be paying athletes directly, and how much athletes should be payed should obviously depend on what kind of viewership they generate. But for the athletes not to be payed anything directly by the IOC is the IOC simply just exploiting the athletes. Could you imagine if movie studios simply didn’t pay actors any money directly, and actors had to make money through sponsorships only ? You can’t have a movie without actors (even voice actors get paid), that’s why they are paid. In the same vein you can’t have the Olympics without the athletes, so the IOC should be paying athletes!
@@jermaineayivoh8263 Some athletes make a lot of money, but only if people are interested in their sport. It's the same in music and movies. hell, broken musician is a cliché.
in 2018 the NHL and the IOC could not come to an agreement leaving the league on its own for approximately $14 million in costs had it decided to participate
In our country, the Philippines, Gold in olympics is P10 million or roughly US172,000 dollars in todays exchange rate.....plus a lot of bonuses from private companies....last time, even a new house, perks , tv ads.....in short, a lot of money....
A few winners making money won’t change how athletes live, out of the three medalists on every sport there are hundreds of athletes that don’t medal. Each of those athletes spent thousands of hours training and are the best of their respective countries. In every country there are probably tens to hundreds of people who put in the hours and effort to make the olympic team. And even though most of them have a similar level to the Olympians, only a few make it. You can chose to pay three medalists or not, but that doesn’t change the fact that the life of the the large majority of elite athlete is that of an amateur
The fact that the athletes don't get paid is absolutely shocking billions of dollars are made off the Olympics and nothing goes to the people who train for years and actually make the Olympics should be paid and paid a lot what a huge disgrace !
The case is well made and convincing thanks for the vid. I m outraged that some athletes get nothing and live in poverty. I can t help thinking however to think that giving free reign to private companies may not be the panacea. Finding a better balance between international regulators, contry comities and private sponsorship needs to be found and focused on athletes well being.
I'm not surprised that there are pay disparities (consider how much a typical major league baseball player gets compared to a AAA player, much less AA or A), but learning just _how_ bad it is for so many Olympians was downright disturbing. You know what? Just as a simple good faith gesture, the IOC should give everyone who shows up twenty thousand dollars, no questions asked. And I mean everyone, from the gold medal favorites to the qualifying washouts. NBA superstar pulling in 12 million a year? 20K. Taekwondo bronze medallist? 20K. 8th-place men's gymnast in the individual all-around? 20K. Sprinter who false started in the semis of the 100m? 20K. Couldn't compete at all due to injury or being shuffled out of the lineup? Hey, still glad you could make it, enjoy your time here and your 20K. It would ease the burden for those who needed it the most, but more importantly, it would make the whole experience a lot _nicer,_ dangit.
agreed tbh it mostly has to do with viewership, aside from the typical Basketball, football , combat sports tbh there really isn't much following in most of the olympic sports and most of these athletes only get their time to shine once every 4 years and after they finally retire most of them wither away. Like track and field, its the defacto most common and staple of the olympics due to its history. but after the olympics track and field withers away. Idk if just due to coverage and the lack of leagues or competition but i think it also has to do with the nature of the sport. Its not as fun to watch like the ball sports and combat sports. Most people just care about like 3-4 sports depending on the continent. most of the world is hyper focused on Football, some focused on basketball then if u are a common wealth country cricket would be very popular.
You can say whatever you want about FIFA, but contrary to what you believe, FIFA pays big money for every international tournament. Just for participating it. If you win it, you'll get more money. And sponsors also give prizes to the players. When Toyota sponsored the Copa Libertadores de America, they used to give Toyota SUVs to every player scoring goals in the final. The winning team gets a lot Of money and that money is transferred to the players, directives and even collaborators like cleaning staff. Football is a very lucrative sport.
Unfortunately, money rules when the games are held, what is covered based on viewership and who gets the sponsorship. Like it or not, the Olympics is a business.
Did you know that photos are copyrighted and you need permission to use them? You can't just go on Google and take whatever photo you find to use in your video. You have to pay licensing fees to use them or you risk getting your video taken down. You can get away with that as a small channel, but not as a big channel with almost a million subscribers. AI-generated photos cannot be copyrighted, hence why big UA-camrs use them
5:40 they competed a Gold/Bronze not a gold/silver. Put some respect on Peter Norman's name! He lost everything when he returned home for standing on the podium with them!
So you said out of 7b revenue generated 50m goes to salary let's say 1b goes to organizing the event where does the rest of the money go? Surely it won't go to the higher-ups otherwise there'd be public outrage
Athletes need to make as much money as possible for their efforts. Without them, there are no Olympic Games. They are the most important agents in this Olympic money game.
Actually... Thailand you don't get that much for a gold medal and that is sad because those athletes put so much effort in their training and trying to bring gold back to the country. No big support, no sponsor, no fund, nothing... and if they actually win, we just claim their gold medal to feel proud and give them a warm big welcome... and that's it.
agreed tbh it mostly has to do with viewership, aside from the typical Basketball, football , combat sports tbh there really isn't much following in most of the olympic sports and most of these athletes only get their time to shine once every 4 years and after they finally retire most of them wither away. Like track and field, its the defacto most common and staple of the olympics due to its history. but after the olympics track and field withers away. Idk if just due to coverage and the lack of leagues or competition but i think it also has to do with the nature of the sport. Its not as fun to watch like the ball sports and combat sports. Most people just care about like 3-4 sports depending on the continent. most of the world is hyper focused on Football, some focused on basketball then if u are a common wealth country cricket would be very popular.
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come on dude, this is such a quality channel, why stoop down to using AI generated images? you're talking about athletes not being compensated fairly while using AI models trained on real art without compensating the artists
Fuck the artist. There is no copyright violated by the user of AI, only maybe by the AI company itself. So there is no juristical or moral problem with this. Its called innovation in a knowledge economy.
agreed tbh it mostly has to do with viewership, aside from the typical Basketball, football , combat sports tbh there really isn't much following in most of the olympic sports and most of these athletes only get their time to shine once every 4 years and after they finally retire most of them wither away. Like track and field, its the defacto most common and staple of the olympics due to its history. but after the olympics track and field withers away. Idk if just due to coverage and the lack of leagues or competition but i think it also has to do with the nature of the sport. Its not as fun to watch like the ball sports and combat sports. Most people just care about like 3-4 sports depending on the continent. most of the world is hyper focused on Football, some focused on basketball then if u are a common wealth country cricket would be very popular.
Simple: exposure. Olympics happens once every 4 years. Rich athletes competes in games that run almost all year round. If you have a lot of exposure, your marketability increases. Sponsorships pile up. The bigger the games in terms of audience reach, the higher the possibility of sponsorships
This is a fallacy. "It’s the harsh reality. These athletes need to offer a return on investment." 12:55 If the sponsors only need a few athletes to get a return on their investment, then just limit the games to those "valuable" athletes. If you did that, no one would watch the games. So, all of those other athletes that allegedly don't "offer a return on investment" are actually more important than the handful of famous athletes.
Jim Thorpe....A great athlete that was subbed and eventually had his medals taken away from the IOC for being a 'professional' Athlete..Wow how times have changed!
Olympic athletes aren't necessarily poor. Athletes whose sports do not generate as much advertising revenue often receive less in sponsorships and endorsement deals. For example, Steph Curry, Michael Jordan, and Usain Bolt are Olympic athletes who have become millionaires because they generated far more advertising-related revenue and engagement. Every athlete who competes in the Olympic Games is an Olympic athlete, regardless of whether they are billionaires or middle-class.
@@demonofpurgatory5188 What does that implies? Someone with 2 digit millions is not poor. The point is still the same. Athletes salaries are directly related to advertise revenue and marketing potential. There is no other underlying relevant aspect of this at all. Its literally just a matter of "you get paid based on how much money you can bring in". Generally speaking of course as with anything in the world, there are edgecases here and there.
Communist countries such as China or North Korea provide free top quality training, shelter,, food, medical care and education as well as a stipend for the athlete and the family in exchange for the dedication to the sport. This is how they end up hoarding almost all the gold medals in almost every sport they engage in. When the games are over and the athlete is now past their prime, they can continue working for the sports ministry or study for free at the college of their choice. Americans receive almost nothing and are expected to front the bulk of the costs: for example your parents must pay for your private gymnastics coach and if you win, you might get a contract for advertisement purposes. Most don't make anything, only a very few make good money out of it but only for a few years. It all depends on how financially popular your sport is.
The US has by far the most gold and total medal count. US-2667 China-637 USSR-1009 Even Britain has 938 with a tiny population compared to China. So, IDK if they can really compete. North Korea was so low I didn't feel like scrolling that far down.
This video sound AI generated, no structure, no real point being made and no evidence to back up claims like « average athlete earns less than McDonald worker » This video also talk about Olympics athletes like they just don’t do anything outside the Olympics when most of them are employed in sport federation all over the world and participate in many competition unrelated to the Olympics. + a lot of AI image being used
The video said that in the U.S. 80% of the athletes live at or below minimum wage. A lot of sports don't have options to have employment from federations or lucrative sponsorship deals. This isn't some hidden secret that athletes don't know about, it just doesn't exist. I was once one of those athletes, I was on the U.S. national team, I was 28 with no real job, I only had the support of my parents. The events I competed in gave $500 to the winner and came on a very rare occasion. That doesn't cover food, rent, travel, coaches, facility rental, equipment or equipment repair. The U.S. gave me a jersey to compete in. My teammate had 4 roommates to be able to afford rent. It is expensive to try to qualify for the olympics.
I dare say it's way harder to win ninja warrior than it is to win an Olympic medal. $37K for a gold sounds about right to me, based on sheer difficulty.
Olympics is literally at the mercy of the host country and many countries are just not taking the responsibility for this because it never makes any money but they have to build a whole ass city for it to be never used after the Olympics are done. unless Olympics makes itself sustainable in a decade I don't think there will be any Olympics conducted by the official body of Olympics
"The Olympics are like that blockbuster drama everyone talks about- filled with stars, drama and eye watering budgets. yet when it comes time to pay the lead actprs, THE CREDITS STARTS ROLLING"..... slow clap....slow clap . amazing writing
Because the olympics makes tons of money, so why shouldn't a significant amount of that go to the athletes that make people watch it in the first place?
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In short, IOC doesn't want the athletes getting rich, they only want for themselves to get rich
LOL you funny
I think in the beginning in times of the iron curtain and other conflicts it was about nations competing against each other. So the nations paid their athletes.
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I gree with you 💯 sure
to a degree I agree with your statement but im sure if athletes get paid there would be a lot more scandals, cheating and for sure murders and deaths just to get qualified and more over to win the prize money.
Just leaving that here:
Jesse Owens, the American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, is often remembered for his interaction with Adolf Hitler. During the games, Hitler was initially seen congratulating some athletes but did not greet Owens or other non-German athletes.
However, Owens later expressed that he did not feel personally slighted by Hitler. In interviews, Owens recounted that Hitler waved at him, and he waved back, interpreting the gesture as a form of recognition. Owens also remarked that while Hitler's failure to personally congratulate him was noticeable, he felt more snubbed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who did not invite him to the White House or publicly acknowledge his achievements.
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This wasn't even 100 years ago and that's the u.s president, segregation and deep seeded racism was well in effect during our grandparents or some parents lifetimes!! And ppl just expect African Americans to get over generational trauma. Some effects of which we still feel today
It gets worse. The rest of Owens story is so horrific I think the original comment elected to not continue the story because of how horribly Owens was treated.
and that might have been a favor. Imagine what the papers would have run if there's photos/ reporting of him shaking hands.
Germany also won the most gold medals in that event.
Poverty and lack of resources has stolen so much greatness from the world. I wonder what talent, intelligence and creativity we would've seen if everyone had a level field and support.
The truth in this statement is insane. Greed has prevented innovation through all of human history. Only when innovation aligns with profitability will it happen.
@@VanquisherFanticalyou literally supported their point. Poverty and lack of resources is CAUSED by greed from others aka corporations and billionaires.
@@bajablyea he literally did because he literally meant to and you are literally illiterate and literally slow
That said, if we lavishly rewarded all good athletes in every sport, maybe none of them ever quit to become doctors or other roles to help society. A modern day Roger Bannister for example probably never even goes to medical school.
@@RurbanWalker Probably, but everyone will have the means to become what they truly seek to be. It's not like the money isn't there, it's that it's not going to the people we watch the events for. Though it can be said it's understandable considering the prep work that goes in it.
I remember going on a date with a girl here in the USA who was on the Olympic Taekwondo team. I started talking to her about what it looked like financially and she told me she was being paid only $1000 a month by USA Olympic team. I was shocked, and actually didn’t believe her until I really looked into it.
You actually discuss personal finances on a first date?!🙈
@@Orimthekeyacolite prob 🧢 and/or never seen the guy again
Sounds like 3rd or 4th date shit
That is why FIFA was created when Uruguay's Mens National Team became gold medalist in 2 straight Olympics that time and they gained nothing for amateurism sake...
Uruguay won the first World Cup and then in 1950 lol
It also won the 1st copa america @@mvk4343
Fifa was created before. The world cup was created in 1930. Urugay won olympic gold in 1924 and 1928.
@@mvk4343did you even read the comment?
Brother you are lost @@cb2253
This is exactly why i quit sailing. I had a real chance going to the olympics in the 49er class (2x danish champion) but working 3 jobs at once was too much on my mental health. It would cost me and my parter approxemetly 200k$ to qualify and that was with no guarantee that i would even go to the olympics. Sure it would be cool going to the olympics but especially sailors make almost no money. Its the 0.01% that can live on it. Me living in a dump and working my ass off + training every day wasnt worth it
I hope you're doing better now. It sucks to not do what you love simply because of financial issues.
@@User40919 Sports is Entertainment and entertainment is business. You get paid based on the amount of revenue you generate.
Wait how old are you my man!
Yea nobody can self fund their Olympic run guy… everyone is sponsored
@mypapaya590its not that easy, i dont think big companies are interested in sponsoring sailors
5:23 Not a Nazi sympathiser but this is a famous misconception.
Roosevelt was the one who disrespected Jesse Owens, not Hitler. Jesse Owens personally recounted how hitler nodded at him and he felt respected in Germany but still experienced racism in the USA including being ignored by Roosevelt.
Dont have to be a Nazi sympathiser to call Hitler a gentleman in his treatement towards Jesse lmao
😂Can never be too careful@@Jiujitsuspecialist
the fact is that both were racist. it's very clear that black athletes would not have fared well in nazi germany and that being a black athlete in the US was not pleasant either.
The USA are the worst in racism. They even top nazis.
I know ! I love how the US desperately tries to get itself off the hook by distraction. Oh look: Hitler did so and so to Owens.
Back in 2008 after the Beijing Olympics, I was in line with Eliot Mujaji, a gold medal paralympic 100m runner at a public hospital in Zimbabwe. He was in his wheelchair. Always wondered why.
dam he didnt make that much and cant take care of himself?
The Malaysian Paralympic 100m gold medallist from Rio has a lifetime pension of around 2K a month
@@leancheah8688 CNBC compiled the medal prizes for 14 countries, including the United States. The US had the 10th-highest payout across all three medal categories.
Hong Kong and Singapore had the most generous prizes, awarding athletes who win gold $768,000 and $745,000. Indonesia, Israel, the Kazakhstan, Malaysia, and Spain award gold medalists at least $100,000.
Among the 14 countries, Australia had the smallest financial prize, awarding gold medalists $13,000, silver medalists $10,000, and bronze medalists $7,000. Olympians from countries including Great Britain and Norway receive no direct award for medaling, per CNBC.
I remembered the Beijing Olympics swimming events were changed to be in the morning local time because NBC (who paid $$$$ for broadcast rights) wanted to maximise US viewership. Imagine having the Olympics in your backyard only for the medal events NOT be shown during peak after work hours because ONE country wanted to watch it. Oh and in the same games the IOC president criticised Usain Bolt's celebration during the 100m finals for showing "a lack of respect to other competitors" 🙄
Because “one country” the country that literally supports, runs, funds, and is the sole reason the Olympics is even being talked about to this day.. No US priority no Olympics
Yo i dont think so, when was the last time the us hosted an olympics. Also the US doesnt rlly do too well in the Olympics overall.@@LiLKK713PB
Olympic is not about USA guys, goddam it
mate, nobody cares about Asia. The rest of the world is paying for the games.
@@BrianTanLive Big TV always do that to make $$$$ for them, they don't care about you as the participant
"if you become a ninja warrior ..." got me on my floor 💀
I think in the USA we should allow for athletes to pay no taxes on prize and sponsorship money under $100,000.00. Alleviating financial barriers to athletics is in the best interest of our country.
tbh they shouldn’t be getting taxed at all. it’s like when your parents gave you like $10 for ice cream as a kid. But before it got into the palm of your hand you got taxed so now you have $7.50 but the ice cream is also taxed so now you don’t have enough for ice cream anymore. They should be able to write off anything that is related to their professional sports career and the Olympics. This includes gear, travel, meals, etc.
athletes do not just compete for the Olympics though, they enter other competitions and win prizes there. the olympics is just the major one. like why on earth should a tennis player not pay taxes when he competes for money elsewhere and receives sponsor money? also at what stage is sports a hobby vs a career?
This is very sad , even the College athlete in Football and basketball makes more money than Olympic athletes 😕
Yea.. NOW they do
@mypapaya590 You can represent your country playing golf and still make money 💰
the most hypocrite thing is, when IOC face difficulties with money they make an exclusive sponsorship deals as their solution, but when their athlete face it, they are not allowing it even make it worse with their rules. If they think money is also a doping, then IOC must be really high on these. And no surprises all these ideas to classify people starts from british again..Also, another great content Athletic Interest!
Peter Norman got silver in that race. He was the one that suggested they shared gloves because Carlos forgot his. He’s the forgotten part of the most iconic image in Olympic history, and he suffered the rest of his life for it. Carlos and Tommie were pallbearers at his funeral.
1984 in LA made a profit because they didn't build new fancy buildings and stadiums, they used The Forum, The Coliseum, and UCLA facilities and lots of others that already existed. Athletes stayed in the college dorms.
And surprisingly it's going to be the same situation by 2028
Indeed; they also had much higher broadcast and sponsorship revenue than previous editions.
lmaooo the thumbnail is crazy
how’re you the only one talking abt tht
After Sudan nearly smoked them
@@guaposworld5074 yeah whats your point. Sudanese players talked about how they studied USA players. thumbnail is still crazy because not one of those three athletes are poor. clickbait shit.
Simone’s face..? 💭
Google Simone's net worth. I know her high income from endorsements is not typical of Olympic athletes. So her face wasn't the one they should have put in the thumbnail.
This is, as usual, super clear, super instructive, narrated perfectly and very well crafted, thanks
Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed it!
This is mind-blowing that the US athletes that wins a gold medal receive $37,000 what the hell is that 🤔 UNBELIEVABLE
other country pay more. seem like Olympic aren't big market in US
maybe bcz US win many medals, athletes from countries with less medals get much more rewards.
Giving money to gold athletes won’t fix anything, only 1% of athletes get gold medals in Olympics
Because we win so many gold medals. The reason why there are countries that offer so much money is because they have the budget for it because they don’t win enough.
Its like inflation win so much the value goes down
IOC is the worst organisation out of all organisations I must say :)
I AGREE
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Because a lot of Olympic sports got zero coverage outside the Olympics competition. No tv, no money 🤷
They make 7 billion dollars??
Because people don't care about those sports.
@@alexaxy3328 agreed tbh it mostly has to do with viewership, aside from the typical Basketball, football , combat sports tbh there really isn't much following in most of the olympic sports and most of these athletes only get their time to shine once every 4 years and after they finally retire most of them wither away. Like track and field, its the defacto most common and staple of the olympics due to its history. but after the olympics track and field withers away. Idk if just due to coverage and the lack of leagues or competition but i think it also has to do with the nature of the sport. Its not as fun to watch like the ball sports and combat sports. Most people just care about like 3-4 sports depending on the continent. most of the world is hyper focused on Football, some focused on basketball then if u are a common wealth country cricket would be very popular.
@@jmgonzales7701 Skateboarding and BMX are the only other ones where the competitors can earn money, and that's mainly due to the X Games.
@@Dexter037S4 exactly
Ethiopian long distance legend, Haile Gebreselassie, is one of the richest people in Ethiopia. He owns businesses like a car assembly plant, a chain of hotels and resorts. Through the years, he had sponsorship deals with Adidas and Diageo.
Yeah because he won multiple gold medals and broke numerous records. He’s going to be well paid
@@jayr6839 yeah which is a hard bar to cross.
@@jmgonzales7701 He was in the top 1 percent of track and field athletes. Of course it’s hard to be in the top 1 percentile of any sport. But the average track athlete is broke. You can be a bum in the nba and stil making more than top track athletes.
@@jayr6839 because its a niche sport
I genuinely thought Olympians get paid much more, makes me feel bad for them…
Loved the video, very insightful! Was wondering what the first song was in the video, I hear it more often but I can’t find it online, thanks in advance!
Life O' The Lavish by Jules Gaia
My brother played in two Olympic events and gave up for this very reason
I don’t blame him
Yeah, it takes money, time & effort to train. If there's no govt support and the athlete has to rely on self/ family & have a job, it would be really hard physically & mentally. Your brother made a tough choice but it was what's best for him.
In Brazil most of athletes are... Active in Army. Military World Games the top 3 medalist of Summer Games are... Russia, China and Brazil, which are also the 3 last summer military world games champions. Most of our Olympic champions are also Militar games champions. On Brazil there's also the "Bolsa Atleta" Which is government sponsorship. US is just at 12th in Military World Games.
That's why i became a fan of Red Bull even without ever buy a drink from them... They did more for athletes more than IOC ever did.
Before lottery funding supported UK athletes, UK might win a couple of golds and maybe just a few other medals. Result was that it was difficult not to make £1million from winning Olympic gold because the whole country knew about you so you could get advertising revenue. Now, UK gets dozens of golds, let alone other medals so we cannot recognise all medal winners after the event so less money in sponsorship and advertising for the athletes
It might be beneficial to be from a smaller or less successful country. The Czech Republic usually wins less than a dozen medals, people remember the successful athletes and they are attractive for all local brands.
This is the reason The sport is still being kept to the high class.
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FYI: The men competed naked to ensure that they were men and not women, due to an incident where Kalipateira, mother of Peisistratos, attended her son's victory, which was illegal for women at that time. The punishment for such an offense was death. However, she was pardoned because her family, including her father, uncle, brothers, and sons, were all Olympic winners. Following this incident, it was decided that competitors and attendees should be naked to avoid such situations.
Also, what you show as Olympus in the video is actually the ancient village of Olympia. The mountain Olympus, known as Olympos in Greek, is located further north.
Extremely interesting lore
It’s AI generated that’s why there are so many mistakes
This is complete nonsense, and doesn't even make logical sense, the spectators were not naked afterall.
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@@uzefulvideos3440 its true thou.
I remember hearing it’s not uncommon for Olympic athletes to have a day job and I was shocked. Super humans working in a shoe store 😮
I assumed it was common knowledge that the Olympics were strictly amateur, or at least treated that way. Reminds me of how Rugby Union avoided becoming professional for far longer than basically every other mainstream sport, it wasn't until the mid 90s that Rugby players could be officially paid to play the game.
Wasn't that due to the RL split?
They call themselves professionals now or at least Simone Biles does.
In Germany many Athletes are "sport soldiers" which are paid by the government. Probably other countries do this as well.
In France too.
Yes, all the countries except the USA do this. But in the US, athletes really are far far below minimum wage - considering raw hours of work put in.
Today in Italy most athlets to make a living and train are in the police, carabinieri, GdF and armed forces.
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@@MattMcTall other countries don’t have hundreds of medalist. Other countries, theirs immense pride by the people in that nation. Americans don’t have that.
side note:
recognizing this problem, in France, many athletes have a "public" job. A great many of them are in the Gendarmerie. They get a salary and their working hour are managed so they can train.
Like in Italy
It is a sad world where girls can make much more money as OF models than Olympic winners.
supply and demand
sex sells.
Men are paying that subscription to keep the business running. 😂
Theres more simps than greedy corporate entities willing to chuck money
They can be both
These athletes are being exploited and nothing is happening?? What
I actually like that some professionals like football players and boxers can’t compete. They already get paid big amounts and we already have the World Cup. The Olympics give us something different by only having amateurs
The Olympics don't "only" have amateurs. A lot - if not most - of the big name Olympians are professionals. And the women's soccer players at the Olympics are professionals.
I'm of the opinion that unless the Olympics is the pinnacle of your sport then it shouldn't be a sport included in the olympics (boxing excluded)
@@tommysawyer9680 why should olympics be the pinnicle of a sport in the first place. pretty shameful when the best accomplishment is one that doesnt pay, gives athletes cardboard beds
Football is not amateur anymore it is U23 players with the exception of 3 spots
They need to get rid of this amateur rule.... We want to see the best the world has to offer, not some sub par performance.
The same occurs in the regular work marketplace. The top 20% make 80% of the wealth.
It's insane that my government (United States) can give over over 500 billion to the military annually. (This year, they gave 2 trillion to the military) But they can't dedicate 1/30th of that (16 billion) to distribute among Olympic athletes, trainers, coaches and other costs. absolutely ridiculous.
whats more important ur defense or athletes..
@jmgonzales7701 One, read before you type. Two, giving money to olympic athletes, coaches, and trainers dosen’t have to come from the military budget (but it should). Lastly, the US military never uses its entire budget, so again, the military wouldn't lose any money.
The USA has no reason to pay athletes. Why should the government be obligated to pay athletes? If anybody should be paying them it should be the IOC or whatever country is hosting as they are the one's profiting off of it. I don't know bout you but I don't want my tax money funding some wack ass archery team.
@@skipx these athletes are simply not that important. Especially most of these sports are niche.
@jmgonzales7701 Considering all of the advertising dollars that go into the Olympics every 4 year that's just untrue. Also, every single sport was a niche at one point or another so again bad point. Also whats popular in the US dosen’t dictate what's popular around the world, handball, rugby, and the recent rise in soccer popularity in the US disproves that. Lastly, the US government dosen’t agree with you because they'll be holding a summer and winter Olympics within the next decade.
Athletes in general are not financially well to do. Its just that in america and very few world famous sports top athletes are rich.
This is the reason Chinese athletes are poorer than delivery boys. Cuz China is nowhere in famous sports.
We had a swimmer in our high school... he had to continually try and get soonsors. He had a few but actually wasnt good enough to break into olympics
Great video as always. A little easter egg for the watchers, the VIP ticket is worth about less than half a euro in today's money and it's an entrance ticket to the ancient Epidaurus site (don't know what year but it's from before Greece joined the Eurozone)
I always look forward to the soundtrack at the end of every Athletic Interest video ❤
sport are hobby and entertainment. Finland rugby union don't get paid but New Zealand do, New Zealand ice hockey don't get paid but Finland do
So are movies and music, yet you have musicians and movie stars that make millions per year.
The real problem is the IOC. 7 Billion Dollars is generated per Olympic cycle yet the athlete don’t get any of that. There would no Olympics without the athletes!
Money generated in sport, mainly stems from public interest.
If there aren't enough people who are interested in the sport, then sponsors won't care to be attached to it.
Hence why football (soccer in the US) generates so much money, most of the world's population take an interest in the sport.
As with the Olympics, every four years people invest time into watching it. Some disciplines more than others, which is why Runners, swimmers and gymnasts tend to be better sponsored.
@@jermaineayivoh8263yes but you don’t have the greatest harmonica player in the world making what the most popular pop star makes. With movies, why does Leonardo DiCaprio get paid so much? It’s because his movies bring in a lot of money. The more money you can generate the more you get paid. It’s common economics.
@@Amsar93703
That’s not the point I’m making. I’m well aware that not every Olympian should get paid the same, because not every Olympic sport draws in the same amount of viewership. When Usain Bolt was still competing, obviously there were significantly more people willing to watch him run than you’d have people watching archery.
The point is that the Olympics generate up to 7 Billion dollars, yet the IOC sees fit to not pay Olympians anything AT ALL.
No movie in history has made that much revenue in one go.
Yet you have actors who get payed several millions for just one movie. The point I’m making is the IOC SHOULD be paying athletes directly, and how much athletes should be payed should obviously depend on what kind of viewership they generate.
But for the athletes not to be payed anything directly by the IOC is the IOC simply just exploiting the athletes.
Could you imagine if movie studios simply didn’t pay actors any money directly, and actors had to make money through sponsorships only ?
You can’t have a movie without actors (even voice actors get paid), that’s why they are paid. In the same vein you can’t have the Olympics without the athletes, so the IOC should be paying athletes!
@@jermaineayivoh8263 Some athletes make a lot of money, but only if people are interested in their sport. It's the same in music and movies. hell, broken musician is a cliché.
in 2018 the NHL and the IOC could not come to an agreement leaving the league on its own for approximately $14 million in costs had it decided to participate
0:42 unexpected cameo
😂 Hitler
5:25 that cut to the long jump looking like a salute, coming directly after the shot of that "notable spectator" is absolutely ridiculous 💀😭
Bro this is so much worse than professional esports earnings, yet this is much more universal. Crazy.
Finally a longer video. Could watch it all day! 🔥
An underrated video need to be shared with everyone
It becomes stranger in cases like football (partially ) and boxing which still bar professionals from competing.
FIFA interest
In our country, the Philippines, Gold in olympics is P10 million or roughly US172,000 dollars in todays exchange rate.....plus a lot of bonuses from private companies....last time, even a new house, perks , tv ads.....in short, a lot of money....
So basically America doesn’t even care about it’s own athletes
Very good
A few winners making money won’t change how athletes live, out of the three medalists on every sport there are hundreds of athletes that don’t medal. Each of those athletes spent thousands of hours training and are the best of their respective countries. In every country there are probably tens to hundreds of people who put in the hours and effort to make the olympic team. And even though most of them have a similar level to the Olympians, only a few make it. You can chose to pay three medalists or not, but that doesn’t change the fact that the life of the the large majority of elite athlete is that of an amateur
They want to keep it amateur to keep us commoners out. Same as when football first wanted to turn pro
Thats why olympics is a side quest for football
Always top quality. Athletic Interest never dissapoints. Keep that pace.
Thank you athletic interest for bringing this to our attention 🎉🎉🎉 one of my best and inspiring videos of this year on UA-cam for sure
The fact that the athletes don't get paid is absolutely shocking billions of dollars are made off the Olympics and nothing goes to the people who train for years and actually make the Olympics should be paid and paid a lot what a huge disgrace !
How long until we see an athlete run sporting contest so they get the prize money (like the split in darts when the PDC broke away from the BDO)
It makes sense though because most sports don't gather enough audience and sponsor interest to be professional in the first place.
Olympus is not the same as ancient Olympia , and is further up north:)
5:07 Mikha Singh in the left 🇮🇳❤️
mcdonald’s over her head??😭😭
The case is well made and convincing thanks for the vid. I m outraged that some athletes get nothing and live in poverty. I can t help thinking however to think that giving free reign to private companies may not be the panacea. Finding a better balance between international regulators, contry comities and private sponsorship needs to be found and focused on athletes well being.
8:36 chinese taipei? Taiwan you mean? 🇹🇼
people are afraid of recognizing them
Damn ! Makes UEFA & FIFA look like saints 😂😂😂😂
Wc winners 24m prize wc revenue 7.5b
I'm not surprised that there are pay disparities (consider how much a typical major league baseball player gets compared to a AAA player, much less AA or A), but learning just _how_ bad it is for so many Olympians was downright disturbing.
You know what? Just as a simple good faith gesture, the IOC should give everyone who shows up twenty thousand dollars, no questions asked. And I mean everyone, from the gold medal favorites to the qualifying washouts. NBA superstar pulling in 12 million a year? 20K. Taekwondo bronze medallist? 20K. 8th-place men's gymnast in the individual all-around? 20K. Sprinter who false started in the semis of the 100m? 20K. Couldn't compete at all due to injury or being shuffled out of the lineup? Hey, still glad you could make it, enjoy your time here and your 20K. It would ease the burden for those who needed it the most, but more importantly, it would make the whole experience a lot _nicer,_ dangit.
Higher the views Higher the Salary
True, but it’s kind of insane how the IOC goes out of their way to make the athletes poorer lol
They should make money from IOC in some manner though. It looks like they leave it all to respective governments.
agreed tbh it mostly has to do with viewership, aside from the typical Basketball, football , combat sports tbh there really isn't much following in most of the olympic sports and most of these athletes only get their time to shine once every 4 years and after they finally retire most of them wither away. Like track and field, its the defacto most common and staple of the olympics due to its history. but after the olympics track and field withers away. Idk if just due to coverage and the lack of leagues or competition but i think it also has to do with the nature of the sport. Its not as fun to watch like the ball sports and combat sports. Most people just care about like 3-4 sports depending on the continent. most of the world is hyper focused on Football, some focused on basketball then if u are a common wealth country cricket would be very popular.
The 1st Gold Medalists of the Philippines last Tokyo Olympics received more than 1Million US Dollars in total.
IOC is like the Olympic version of Fifa
You can say whatever you want about FIFA, but contrary to what you believe, FIFA pays big money for every international tournament. Just for participating it. If you win it, you'll get more money. And sponsors also give prizes to the players. When Toyota sponsored the Copa Libertadores de America, they used to give Toyota SUVs to every player scoring goals in the final. The winning team gets a lot Of money and that money is transferred to the players, directives and even collaborators like cleaning staff. Football is a very lucrative sport.
Unfortunately, money rules when the games are held, what is covered based on viewership and who gets the sponsorship.
Like it or not, the Olympics is a business.
Did you REALLY need to use an AI image of a McDonalds worker? Is it REALLY that hard to just get an image of a McDonalds?
says puyo puyo chronicles guy..
Don't care
Stock images are expensive
Protecting privacy I guess
Did you know that photos are copyrighted and you need permission to use them? You can't just go on Google and take whatever photo you find to use in your video. You have to pay licensing fees to use them or you risk getting your video taken down. You can get away with that as a small channel, but not as a big channel with almost a million subscribers. AI-generated photos cannot be copyrighted, hence why big UA-camrs use them
5:40 they competed a Gold/Bronze not a gold/silver. Put some respect on Peter Norman's name! He lost everything when he returned home for standing on the podium with them!
So you said out of 7b revenue generated 50m goes to salary let's say 1b goes to organizing the event where does the rest of the money go? Surely it won't go to the higher-ups otherwise there'd be public outrage
To the evil rich as usual.
Athletes need to make as much money as possible for their efforts. Without them, there are no Olympic Games. They are the most important agents in this Olympic money game.
Singapore. Damn...
In Paris Olympics be like :
IOC : * Eats at Michelin starred restaurant *
Athletes : * Treated like a starving prisoner in athlete village *
Boo IOC. Athletes deserve better
Actually... Thailand you don't get that much for a gold medal and that is sad because those athletes put so much effort in their training and trying to bring gold back to the country. No big support, no sponsor, no fund, nothing... and if they actually win, we just claim their gold medal to feel proud and give them a warm big welcome... and that's it.
agreed tbh it mostly has to do with viewership, aside from the typical Basketball, football , combat sports tbh there really isn't much following in most of the olympic sports and most of these athletes only get their time to shine once every 4 years and after they finally retire most of them wither away. Like track and field, its the defacto most common and staple of the olympics due to its history. but after the olympics track and field withers away. Idk if just due to coverage and the lack of leagues or competition but i think it also has to do with the nature of the sport. Its not as fun to watch like the ball sports and combat sports. Most people just care about like 3-4 sports depending on the continent. most of the world is hyper focused on Football, some focused on basketball then if u are a common wealth country cricket would be very popular.
I'm so happy and proud of this channel. I subscribed years ago when it barely had 5k subscribers. Much love from Africa ❤
come on dude, this is such a quality channel, why stoop down to using AI generated images? you're talking about athletes not being compensated fairly while using AI models trained on real art without compensating the artists
get over yourself. It's youtube you want him to shoot it in a hollywood studio?
@@rastahima1223 nice strawman argument you've got there, try again
Fuck the artist. There is no copyright violated by the user of AI, only maybe by the AI company itself. So there is no juristical or moral problem with this. Its called innovation in a knowledge economy.
What does this even mean 😂 there’s nothing wrong with ai art and it’s honestly better
See that is the room temperature IQ Takes I only find on Twitter and you should keep it there
Short answer: you can't make a living of a sport that is watched by ten people. The stadiums is filled but only once every four years.
agreed tbh it mostly has to do with viewership, aside from the typical Basketball, football , combat sports tbh there really isn't much following in most of the olympic sports and most of these athletes only get their time to shine once every 4 years and after they finally retire most of them wither away. Like track and field, its the defacto most common and staple of the olympics due to its history. but after the olympics track and field withers away. Idk if just due to coverage and the lack of leagues or competition but i think it also has to do with the nature of the sport. Its not as fun to watch like the ball sports and combat sports. Most people just care about like 3-4 sports depending on the continent. most of the world is hyper focused on Football, some focused on basketball then if u are a common wealth country cricket would be very popular.
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The Olympics are worse than Dana White when it comes to paying athletes fair wages
That’s one of the main reasons Americans don’t watch olympics.
americans watch olympics, but only sports they care such as basketball.
Simple: exposure. Olympics happens once every 4 years. Rich athletes competes in games that run almost all year round. If you have a lot of exposure, your marketability increases. Sponsorships pile up. The bigger the games in terms of audience reach, the higher the possibility of sponsorships
This is a fallacy. "It’s the harsh reality. These athletes need to offer a return on investment." 12:55 If the sponsors only need a few athletes to get a return on their investment, then just limit the games to those "valuable" athletes. If you did that, no one would watch the games. So, all of those other athletes that allegedly don't "offer a return on investment" are actually more important than the handful of famous athletes.
There will always be enough athletes though
@@timonsmeets387 That's a great reason to keep abusing people.
Jim Thorpe....A great athlete that was subbed and eventually had his medals taken away from the IOC for being a 'professional' Athlete..Wow how times have changed!
Olympic athletes aren't necessarily poor. Athletes whose sports do not generate as much advertising revenue often receive less in sponsorships and endorsement deals. For example, Steph Curry, Michael Jordan, and Usain Bolt are Olympic athletes who have become millionaires because they generated far more advertising-related revenue and engagement. Every athlete who competes in the Olympic Games is an Olympic athlete, regardless of whether they are billionaires or middle-class.
Steph curry has 100s of millions going to a billion micheal jordan is a billionaire usain bolt is only a 2 digit millionaire
@@demonofpurgatory5188 What does that implies? Someone with 2 digit millions is not poor. The point is still the same. Athletes salaries are directly related to advertise revenue and marketing potential. There is no other underlying relevant aspect of this at all. Its literally just a matter of "you get paid based on how much money you can bring in". Generally speaking of course as with anything in the world, there are edgecases here and there.
@@Goose8585 i pointed out how the difference in millionaires for u
just similar to an average american life. We do all the work while corporate gets most of the money and when business get hit, we're the first out.
Communist countries such as China or North Korea provide free top quality training, shelter,, food, medical care and education as well as a stipend for the athlete and the family in exchange for the dedication to the sport. This is how they end up hoarding almost all the gold medals in almost every sport they engage in. When the games are over and the athlete is now past their prime, they can continue working for the sports ministry or study for free at the college of their choice. Americans receive almost nothing and are expected to front the bulk of the costs: for example your parents must pay for your private gymnastics coach and if you win, you might get a contract for advertisement purposes. Most don't make anything, only a very few make good money out of it but only for a few years. It all depends on how financially popular your sport is.
That's very simplified. Many athletes in these countries struggle. Especially when they don't meet expectations.
provide top quality only for best player. average player don't get paid
The US has by far the most gold and total medal count. US-2667
China-637
USSR-1009
Even Britain has 938 with a tiny population compared to China. So, IDK if they can really compete. North Korea was so low I didn't feel like scrolling that far down.
@@Joker-no1uh China is new, China government start investing on Olympic sport 2 decade ago
@manolokonosko594 The US has won the total medals and most gold every year since 1996, except most gold in 2008.
Please don’t cry for the American Basketball, Football or Baseball athletes at the Olympics, they’re making MILLIONS in their home country.
Clearly you didn’t watch or even understand the thumbnail
This video sound AI generated, no structure, no real point being made and no evidence to back up claims like « average athlete earns less than McDonald worker »
This video also talk about Olympics athletes like they just don’t do anything outside the Olympics when most of them are employed in sport federation all over the world and participate in many competition unrelated to the Olympics.
+ a lot of AI image being used
its true tho
The video said that in the U.S. 80% of the athletes live at or below minimum wage. A lot of sports don't have options to have employment from federations or lucrative sponsorship deals. This isn't some hidden secret that athletes don't know about, it just doesn't exist. I was once one of those athletes, I was on the U.S. national team, I was 28 with no real job, I only had the support of my parents. The events I competed in gave $500 to the winner and came on a very rare occasion. That doesn't cover food, rent, travel, coaches, facility rental, equipment or equipment repair. The U.S. gave me a jersey to compete in. My teammate had 4 roommates to be able to afford rent. It is expensive to try to qualify for the olympics.
I dare say it's way harder to win ninja warrior than it is to win an Olympic medal. $37K for a gold sounds about right to me, based on sheer difficulty.
You are absolutely out of your mind.
Olympics is literally at the mercy of the host country and many countries are just not taking the responsibility for this because it never makes any money but they have to build a whole ass city for it to be never used after the Olympics are done. unless Olympics makes itself sustainable in a decade I don't think there will be any Olympics conducted by the official body of Olympics
"The Olympics are like that blockbuster drama everyone talks about- filled with stars, drama and eye watering budgets. yet when it comes time to pay the lead actprs, THE CREDITS STARTS ROLLING".....
slow clap....slow clap . amazing writing
AI generated images really pull me out of the video every time they show up, which was surprisingly often in this video
This is my first video .. and I gotta say it’s so
Epic.
From the music, and voice and solid references. Lol
Thank you
Welcome to Athletic Interest :)
All my homies know why Alica Schmidt gained all them followers
It damn sure as hell wasn't behind the scenes vlogs lol
IOC is a avaricious institution which unilaterally dictates how much athletes earn from the Olympics. And often Olympians are paid lousy amounts.
99% of the Earth does not care about 99% of the Olympic's events when the games are not ongoing. Why should they be rich??
Olympics for me is all about all the sports but football and basketball.
Because the olympics makes tons of money, so why shouldn't a significant amount of that go to the athletes that make people watch it in the first place?
And 99.9% doesnt care about these socks 😅
So you speak on behalf of 99% of the Earth? Can you provide factual evidence?
They don’t have to be rich, but cmon the Olympics makes billions. They can afford to give more then pennies.
5:44 Incorrect, John Carlos came 3rd, Peter Norman came 2nd.
Bit disrespectful to those who actually work at McDonalds, someone's got to do it, how else you gonna get your Filet O Fish otherwise ?
Exactly 🤔