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If this is true so much for the Olypimic funding for some people

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/swimming/21085568

WG

Quote: Originally posted by Angus1215 on 19/1/2013

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Does he expect sympathy from the millions of people working their nuts off doing dirty, unpleasant jobs, working nights and weekends, that don`t EARN anything like the amount of money he is GIVEN every month?

Even at this level of funding, over 10 years he would have be given the best part of £200K, with the benefit to the wider community being......er, what, exactly?

Should we be spending this money on indulging someones hobby, or on vital hospital equipment?

Answers on a scorecard please.

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Funny lot you are, I didn't take his interview that way at all. He said he 'earned' £1600 a month to pay his mortgage and look after his wife and kids. I assumed this was salary he got from somewhere else, not the funding for diving. I also felt that he was complaining about the way he was told and the short notice, not that he was being dropped. Personally I hope he does find a sponsor and prove them wrong. Sport is supposed to be about taking part, but due to the downturned economy it is now about winning. Without people like him who struggle to have a normal life and a sporting life, we wouldn't have been able to put anyone up for the UK olympic team.

I appreciate that his funding may seem a lot to some, but he has to have a life outside of sport and someone has to pay for that.

Quote: Originally posted by alan29 on 19/1/2013

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He is a professional. It was his salary. £19200 a year. Not exactly a fortune.

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What about Macilroy then signs for Nicki for loads of money and can't even use thier putter.

WG