$50K Olympic track prize the latest in a long, conflicted relationship between athletes and money
by Eddie Pells
Apr 11, 2024
2 minutes
Since the day they were founded, the Olympics have had a confusing relationship with money. The games were supposed to celebrate sport for sport's sake. But the price athletes paid to be any good was far too high, and it took virtually no time for the concept of amateurism that the Olympics rested on to be viewed as unrealistic, if not an all-out ruse.
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