Five Ring Circus: S1E4

Money, Sponsorship, and who gets what.  How Olympic athletes make their money and how some American Olympians are demanding an equitable distribution of revenue. Sara Gross and Kelly O’Mara bring us another episode of Five Ring Circus starting with an update on the Russian doping scandal and security concerns in Rio. This week’s main topic is money, sponsorship and who gets what. Find out how Olympic athletes make their money, how sponsors are effected by rule 40 and the five-week advertising black out period. Hear how some athletes and independent groups are protesting and how the rules have changed in 2016. Learn about the myth of “amateurism” and how full-time, professional Olympic athletes are dependent on National Federations, sponsorship and prize money. Are the sponsors lining their pockets while the athletes live below the poverty line?
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