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Should Track & Field Olympians make more money
My name is Trey Wright, and I love track and field. I hope I get a Track and Field Scholarship and run in college. My events are Triple Jump, Long Jump, and High Jump. My favorite Olympian is Will Claye. He has a bronze in the Long jump and Silver in Triple Jump. Track and Field is a hard sport, and it damages your body and leaves a lot of cramping and pain. In the USA the athletes need to get paid more because their job is to train, and the only good that comes out of all that training is a free trip to London. The money goes into their training. First place wins $25,000. Second place wins $15,000. Third place wins $10,000. Athletes hope they can receive sponsors, but companies really don’t put their money into Pole vault, Triple jump, high jump, and shot put. All of the money actually goes to 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash. Then the question is how come athletes don't do these events. Well it's harder to go to the Olympics then to go the NBA, NFL, and MLB. Most athletes that don't win any medals really don't receive anything. Erik Canard cleared 7’ 6” in the high jump. He came in second place in the Olympics and is only coming home with $15,000. In other countries like Russia and Great Britain, they pay their athletes 85,000 pounds ($135,000) for gold. Italy has offered 116,000 pounds which is ($182,000).
In other countries they reward there athletes with money for their hard work and dedication. While in America we give them a fast food year salary. The Americans deserves more then what we have given them.
Erik Canard 7.6 FT
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2012/08/07/How-8-Countries-Reward-Their-Olympic-Medal-Winners.aspx#page1
http://www.moneyunder30.com/how-much-do-olympic-athletes-earn-unless-youre-michael-phelps-not-enough
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