We also have to remember here that an athlete is receiving Zero in direct funds from the IOC for competing at the games. Billions in tv revenue zero for the athlete.
So then, an athlete may have a sponsorship deal with an Olympic bonus - sorry you don’t get this either.
Exposure from going to the Olympics - which a chance for future sponsors? Nope. We will crush this opportunity too.
People will harp on about cost to a federation for sending an athlete - but for fk sake - these athletes are impacted negatively financially possibly for years let alone mental scars directly from the decision made by athletics nz. Many will quit the sport.
One clear KPI of a federation is to go athletics within a country. One way to do this is to provide clear pathways to the Olympics. The NZOC does the opposite. It puts up barriers. It has nonsensical funding structures. It damages the sport.