I thought it was ridicules that people voluntarily participating in sports think they are entitled to financial support and shouldn't have to work a real job. What's your opinion?

I have a problem when governments fund athletes. Try telling a taxpayer struggling to make ends meet trying to support their family that their tax dollars are being used to help someone fulfill their dream of going to the Olympics. Athletes don't get up every morning and train "for their country", they train so they can compete in the Olympics and try to win for themselves. Athletes, pro or amateur are selfish pursuits, that's the only way they can win.

What particularly annoys me is that some athletes are sponsored by the government and if they win a gold, get a lot of money in sponsorship deals but don't pay the government back for their funding. That should be a given.

If the IOC was really concerned with athletes, they would provide income instead of accepting the millions in bribes. Use the advertising money they generate and pay the athletes who don't get sponsorship money. Or, athletes can find their own private funding but it shouldn't be another government program.