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Der olympischen Geist existiert nur noch bei Athleten. Für die meisten Funktionäre sind die Spiele ein Geldesel.
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Der Chef des US-Leichtathletikverbandes verdient 1,1 Mio Dollar im Jahr, US-Leichtathleten im Schnitt 16000 Dollar.
Mehr als 120 Mitarbeiter der amerikanischen NOKs verdienen über 100.000 Dollar im Jahr.

Dieser Absatz sagt alles:

Bob Balk is a former Paralympic canoe athlete who attended the 2012 London Games as an IOC volunteer and also received per diem money. In a recent phone interview, he recalled his amazement when he learned how much money he and other volunteers were getting to attend the Olympics.Every morning, Balk recalled, a crowd of IOC members and volunteers gathered in a hotel room in London to collect their daily spending money. “They had a $100-bill-counting machine, and people were standing in line to get their stacks of hundred-dollar bills,” Balk said. “It was crazy.”Balk, like other IOC members and volunteers, had his flight and hotel bills covered, a car service to get around London, and a bevy of free meals. When Balk got home, he still had $10,000 in per diem cash, he said, which he just deposited in the bank.