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Originally Posted by demonrail666
Most Olympic athletes are amateurs. The Olympics is important to sports like wrestling precisely because there's almost no commercial interest in it. Even the sponsorship deals are minimal and I'll bet it costs more to put wrestling on at the olympics than they make back in ticket sales, merchandising, tv ratings, etc.
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Yes and true, but that was more in the context of me and Rob's larger discussion about authenticity in sports from the match-fixing issues. By the way, if y'all don't think the Olympics are just another facet of the marketing system of spectator sports y'all is tripping. Explain all the sponsors
