The Saturday Guardian often takes too long to get through, and I'm finally here on a Sunday evening.
http://m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/27/the-conversation-olympics-too-commercial?cat=commentisfree&type=article
Totally agree. It's all commercialised. Overpaid sportspeople who sign onto other deals and obtain trophy lovers. Souvenirs. Touts. Betting agencies. Pledges to raise money for charity?
Yes it did give little kids hope, adults a chance to root for a team and go for a common cause. We are inspired by the determination to win and succeed , not quite so by the politics involved to get to the top.
And what happens after the peak? A graceful retirement, mentoring young ones, or a miserable afterlife wrought with injuries and possibly selling their medals due to lack of state funding?
What do we learn from all this? Does it get you off the couch, or crack open another can, as its a 6-hour grand slam tennis decider (again)...
Or should I add the quote here from Fatima Whitbread:
"if you give 100% to what you are doing, in whatever sphere, you would expect to be paid. It's no different in sport".
My question will be: how much to keep the spirit going and so that the payee doesn't lose their mind?
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