Thread by @PolitiCrooks

There are some who have no chance of a medal.. Some, even if they are in the top 20 scores of past Olympics, can be given a chance... All said & done.. The total expense on an Olympic trip for the whole contingent is not a big deal (Rio was just 37 crs).

https://twitter.com/sri9011/status/1422831410813882370

I dont think the money should bother us... What should indeed bother us.. is that we should produce 500 athletes & sports should be as lucrative a career as middle level film actor... or an top company executive.. Sports can become a big industry @sri9011

https://twitter.com/PolitiCrooks/status/1422832574217342984

Federer's prize money from Tennis is 130mn.. after taxes & expenses... that would become a net of around 60mn... but his endorsement & appearance earnings are phenomenal... He is now 1 billion in earnings...Sania is 8mn, Paes is 6mn... People dont make that in a govt job @sri9011

The idea shouldnt be to get just some 20 medal winners... We should aim for more... BUT.. more importantly... Sports is now an alternative professional career... What the nuck does an academic qualification get students anyway? India internally needs to be big sports @sri9011

You look at the US.. They have baseball .. they have American Football which no one else plays.. but the players of these tournaments WITHIN the US are millionaires... thats what should become the sports aim.. Olympics is just a TINY part of it... @sri9011

BTW .. We dont pay much attention to Winter Olympics as we are "Vishwa Garus"... But Ice Hockey business in North America runs into billions.. each team in NHL is worth almost a billion.. and many ice-skaters too.. There is no limit to sporting money globally... @sri9011

Anyway... dont get too depressed with India at the #Olympics... Let me give you some good info... Anna Kournikova has NEVER won a single ATP tournament... but her net worth is $50 mn... Hahahhahaa...Beat that.. @sri9011

https://twitter.com/PolitiCrooks/status/1422834640734150659

Sharapova has 5 G/slam titles... nothing like Kournikova who was a grand "Cover girl"... Sharapova's all-sources earnings together is somewhere around 350mn dollars... could be more...

https://twitter.com/sri9011/status/1422846820774866948