Is your argument that, if she knew she was going to get $100,000 in 2010, she would have been number 1 in the world in doubles in 1990? That's how I understand the stated goal of this gift.

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skylurk 3 hours ago | parent [-]

People absolutely do give up their athletic career to start a normal career for better financial security.

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zck 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How many of these normal careers pay a single paycheck of $100k that can't be cashed for twenty years? That's what this offer is.

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skylurk 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't think you should think of it as a paycheck.

Delaying a normal career to compete in the olympics will set your career and earning potential back by a few years. This money tries to balance it out a bit.

	▲	zck 41 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The stated goal is that the money will help people do better in the Olympics. I don't see how it will do that. It might be good to do, but it won't help people perform better.

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saghm 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And now that they're getting $100k in a few decades they still will