I mean, the whole point of the "amateur" sport of the Olympics was to give an economic class the ability to say they were better at *something* physical than the laboring classes. So, yeah, fuck the Olympics. _LA Times: Chasing the Olympic dream isn’t cheap, and U.S. athletes often are stuck with the bill_ (https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/story/2024-07-25/team-usa-olympic-dreams-expensive-for-athletes)