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The Pressures of Sport
On November - 11 - 2009
We viewers often view the millions earned by top level sportsmen and women with disdain and perhaps a touch of jealousy, aware, perhaps, how their earnings dwarf that of ours.
Every time a high level sportsperson gets in the news for the wrong reasons, we say, "There they go, their millions are spoiling them. They have no sense of responsibility. they do whatever want and expect to get away with it."
When these people say such things, do they think of the pressures that a high level sportsperson goes through, the expectations that they have to live up to, the constant media ...