There are in America who think you can buy Olympic medals. It’s simple according to the Boston Globe’s story How To Make and Olympic Snowboarder.
Start young. Sign up for the sport’s premier academy, located in Vermont. Pay $40,000 a year for tuition and board. Devote days and nights to the pursuit. Add guts. Expect glory. . . Stratton alumni are hoping to fill a third of the spots on the US Olympic snowboarding team for the upcoming games.
Yes. That makes nice brochure copy for the Stratton Mountain School, but not all students are Louie Vitos. For the full horror story on what some people will do to try to get their kids get into the Olympics read the rest of the story.
[Link: Boston.com]
40k for boilerplate? fuck that.
Comments on this entry are closed.