[skylurk]

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

[zck]

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.

[skylurk]

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.

[saghm]

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