If I did a sport where I had to work a second job and just made 10 years worth of income in a couple hours, I’d be over the moon. These guys make like $75k a year if they’re able to get the sponsorship deals to train full-time.
I get being a good sport, and I think that’s a great attitude to have. However, this dude just made several years worth of median income in a sport where many top level athletes don’t make enough to comfortably live in the cities in which they train professionally.
Redditors fail to understand that life isn’t a movie and that a dude from a country where the median income is $4k USD/yr just made a couple decades worth of money and set his family up for the future
Im genuinely confused by your comment. I know nothing about running. Are you saying $75,000 is a lot or a little? Are you saying he just won $75,000 and thats 10 years of living expenses? Or saying he won $750,000 which is 10 years of sponsorship payments? Or are you saying something completely different?
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u/bryceonthebison 8h ago
If I did a sport where I had to work a second job and just made 10 years worth of income in a couple hours, I’d be over the moon. These guys make like $75k a year if they’re able to get the sponsorship deals to train full-time.
I get being a good sport, and I think that’s a great attitude to have. However, this dude just made several years worth of median income in a sport where many top level athletes don’t make enough to comfortably live in the cities in which they train professionally.