After the Olympics…
Aug 25, 2008 Uncategorized
I saw the spectacular closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics last night and a sudden question came to mind (other than “Where did the 2 million pounds go for the London Olympics preview??”):
What happens to athletes who retire from their sport?
For those who won something, they are likely to have loads of endorsement contracts waiting for them and that will probably make their career if they know how to leverage on it.
How about those who didn’t get anything? I’m guessing that they would have also invested large amounts of time and effort to train. Some may even have trained for years before getting into the Olympic Games. These years are heavy opportunity costs to their lives, especially those who started from a young age. Did they trade their education, their teenage years, their time with family, their friends for a potential “moment of glory”?
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