Billionaire Gifting US Olympians $200,000

Time to self-identify as an olympian

Interesting. We’ll see if this gift actually applies to all Olympians etc.

I hope he's not a liar and cheat like Michael Johnson, Kyle Merber, Chris Chavez, Bill Ackman, etc. are.

Ross Stevens got a job through the Ticket To Work Program and excelled at it and now he is giving back. The Ticket to work Program helps People with Disabilities find Jobs where they will likely excel, They Take Multiple Aptitude Tests until they find some job They will Thrive in, Ross Stevens is basically the Poster Boy of how successful this program is.

The United States sent a total of 592 athletes to the 2024 Paris Olympics, representing the largest delegation of any National Olympic Committee at the Games.

The 2024 U.S. Paralympic team for the Paris Games consisted of 225 athletes.

(592 + 225)*$200,000 = $163 million

Quite the commitment even for a billionaire. Good to see someone stepping up like this.

How embarassingly low pay.

What about the rest of us? The Olys is 99.4% of world wide T&F TV revenues based on a 4-year cycle.

Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Lakers money is what we want. None of this peon low pay. Weve been demanding NBC Hollywood make the Olympics a yearly permanent league wth at least 12 yearly paid time trials, continental semi-finals, Olympic medal winning finals each year in Los Angeles, where the weather is consistenly warm. OUTDOOR Winter Track, Cross Country, 1/2, Road Mile, Road 5K, Road 10K, Throws, PV, Jumps, Walk, etc. Put us to work. Make us earn a living. Then pay us !

How do you decide which words to capitalize?

He's great for doing that. We should salute him dearly. We need to move the sport internationally to L.A. and make the Olympics brand an all year around brand vs once every 4 years. The Olympics is the only name the public recognizes. The rest are very tiny no one watches TV nor pays. Hollywood and Silicon Valley are the world trendsetters and are the top places in the world where people follow. In 2017 Nike CEO Donaho followed the L.A. Rams back to L.A. Donoho decided to move Nike marketing, strategy ,branding, arts, film,TV to Hollywood, in 2020 Nike opened Icon.LA Studios Hollywood, $10 Billion has been spent by Nike in Hollwood since 2017. We need to do likewise.

I find it hard to believe this will continue past the Winter Olympics into future Games. But nice to dream

A lot of Olympians already make a ton of money. I'd rather see the money go to the unsponsored up-and-comers who need it to support their training. Bandit is currently supporting a bunch of US runners that have no sponsors.

This sounds more like a Scott's Tots scenario to me.

Hey, I ran in the Junior Olympics taking the bronze. I'll settle for half that.

A few do but not a lot of them.

Dopers, too?

No surprise considering his background and the actual nepotism involved in making his fortune.

Good for the athletes. Now, does anybody ever consider how little the coaches are paid/compensated? USOPC/USATF love using collegiate coaches for development because those coaches have a salary/benefits. It’s the coach(s) that arent school affiliated who are being crushed financially the most. They give and get VERY little in return.