Soit's a toughkindofbalancingactthattheNGBsaredoingtofigureout, howdowesupporttheathletesthatareup-and-coming, butthenalsohowdowemakesurethatthosewhoaredoingawesomerightnowarewellcaredfor?
Comparethattotrackandfield, where 128 AmericanathletesareheadedtotheOlympicGamescompetingfor 48 goldmedals.
一方、陸上競技では、128人のアメリカ人選手がオリンピックで48個の金メダルめぐって競い合います。
Inswimming, there's a lotofmoney, gymnastics, there's a lotofmoney. NBA, I mean, wedon't evenhavetocoverthatone; it's thenichesportsthatreallystrugglethemost.
Forme, when I getprizemoney, I havetoimmediatelydisbursethattobillsandsavings, andalso I havetothinkabout, I can't lose, or I can't comein a certainplacebecause I havetomake a certainamountofmoneytoeitherbreakevenortogain a profit. Soalwaysgoinginto a racewiththatisanimmenseamountofpressure.
In 2012, USNews & WorldReportfounditcostsupto $100,000 a yearforathletestobeOlympians.
2012年にUS News & World Reportは、アスリートがオリンピック選手になるためには、年間で最大10万ドルの費用がかかると発表しました。
Duringthecourseofmycareer, I wasreallyfortunate. I neverearnedlessthan $250,000, butthere's a lotofexpensesassociatedwithbeinganathlete, becauseyouareinfact a business, and a businesshasoverhead; somethinglike a $250,000 earningturnsinto $125,000 reallyquick.
A lotofhourlyjobswentawayfor a goodperiodoftimeduringCOVID, andthentherewastrainingfacilitiesbeingshutdown.
COVIDでは多くの時間給の仕事がなくなりましたし、トレーニング施設も閉鎖されてしまいました。
I wouldrefcompetitionshereinNewYorkCity, butallofthemwerecanceled, so I wasn't makingmoneyfromthat. I didn't evenhavewaysofmakingmoneyforrent. Everythingwasshutdown. Like, evensocialmediacompaniesweren't evenpayingforustobeputtingoutdifferentcampaigns. Soitwasdefinitelyrough.
I feellike I amoneofthebestinAmerica. Soif I candothatwhile I'm atonepointworkingtwojobsandDoorDashandeverythinglikethat, then I can't imaginewhat I candoif I didn't havetodothat.
I gettoplaythesport I loveeverysingleday. That's wealth. That's beingrich, but I wouldn't beupsetifinthefuture, wewereabletomakesomemoremoneyandnotnecessarilyhavetohavetwojobs.
That's myonlylike, questionoverthenextthreeyearsof, do I continueanotherthreeyearsofbeingbroke? I wannagoback. I wannahavetheopportunitytowinanindividualmedal. Butisitworthbeingbrokeagain?