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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand why people would hold a rich subsidised athlete in such high esteem. It’s not like they are a professional or showed the grit and determination to make it off their own bat. Exactly what qualities does it show? Please don’t say it will enhance their social skills. Three years of volunteering abroad or actually working would do that. [/quote]

Three years of working an office environment with a bunch of workabees is NOT going to improve your social skills.  It only enforces the idea that you will always be a workabee. [/quote]

Okay. But please explain how 3 years as a non-professional sportsperson supported by your parents does. [b]Wouldn’t people sneer at the idea of the sportsperson being underwritten by mummy and daddy[/b]?[/quote]

PP here.  Only [b][i]poor[/i][/b] people sneer at the idea of the sportsperson being underwritten by mummy and daddy.  Rich people live in a world that most people do not.

The vast majority of professional golfers that compete on the low-level professional tour are supported by parents.  These golfers are good, just not good enough to make a living as professional golfers.  The parents of these golfers are wealthy with vast connections throughout the business world.  When you hang out with those people, you learn things from them.  It is much better than being in a corporate job with your peers for the next three years.  You don't get promoted that way.  You get promoted by being close to those guys at the top.

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Okay. So it’s not that they develop any particular social skills or inspire some sort of respect for their tenacity etc. It’s about connections with influential people. It’s not my world but I get it. [/quote]

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