Track and field introducing prize money at Olympics with Paris gold medalists to get $50,000

It is all over.

The end of sports.

This is a bad idea.

more than anything a promotional gesture from Sir Coe to enhance his IOC President candidacy.

his win already assured in a trade off to hand Brisbane the 2032 Olympics.

sir Coe serves only the interests of Sir Coe

Why should the athletes be the only one’s going unpaid while every IOC board member pockets money as all the NOC board members do ?

why should the tv broadcasters be able to cash in and not the athletes ?

Why should the host country politicians and construction companies enrich themselves and not the athletes ?

TheOlympics ceased to be an amateur event decades ago and to think otherwise is naive

This is a slap in the face of past Olympians who trained day and night. Gone are the days of the love of the sport, but now for the possibility of winning $50,000.

Lost all interest in the Olympics when professional athletes were first allowed participate.

It's always been about ca$h with Seb Coe. There is zero point to this bloated school fête carnival any longer.