Some athletes borrow to fund their training, others depend on supportive family.
Logan Campbell, a New Zealand taekwondo champion has chosen a more unorthodox way of funding his bid for the 2012 London Olympics. He has opened up a brothel in Auckland, NZ’s largest city.
The 23-year-old, who finished in the top 16 in the taekwondo featherweight division at the Beijing Olympics, turned pimp after funding dried up and he feared he was in danger of missing the games in 2012.
The Beijing campaign cost around $NZ150,000, most of which came from his parents. His father, Max, an auctioneer, worked two jobs to get him to Beijing and Mr Campbell said he was sick of being a burden on his parents.
His new venture, he hopes, will earn him the $NZ300,000 he needs to be a serious medal contender in London after being beaten in Beijing by eventual bronze medallist Sung Yu-Chi of Taiwanto…
His parents were supportive, he said. “Mum was hesitant but she met the girls, a couple came over to her house and she was sweet as. She realised they were just normal people supporting their kids and stuff,” he said.
It’s OK if you’re pimping for McDonald’s or Nike, Citibank or Chevrolet.
Sex is the only problem. As it often seems to be in English-speaking nations.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JqcGuqvFG3s
I can think of a few adjectives for the athlete, but Olympic Representative wouldn’t be one of them.
You do not pimp for McDonalds, if anything you prostitute for them (if you mean use yourself to make them money).
Profiting from other people selling themselves for sex is radically different (and f’ed up).
hhmmm this option should have been available to mark spitz, for the 2008 olympics. he wanted someone to pay his way so he could watch michael phelps break his record…
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I’m not s sure he will still be interested in Going to the olympics by the time 2012 approaches..He will be too used to collecting “Money for Nothin’..” and sports will be a disatant mermory… Running a business, even this kind, will take up most of his time…
Yea… good luck with that. Between the girls and the biker gangs, he won’t have much profit left.
I wish I could do that,instead of going to work every day. Instead of everyone fucking ME, I could make money when somebody fucked somebody ELSE.
It’s like the time I dated a lawyer. It is so gratifying to know that at least a hundred times, I fucked a LAWYER.
#3, LDA,
Profiting from other people selling themselves for sex is radically different (and f’ed up).
Last week I sold some work through my agent.
Then I saw my physician the next day; I expect to be billed by his billing office.
Is that any more wrong than what a “pimp” does?
Why is sex such a bad thing?It is normal, healthy, enjoyable, relaxing, and natural. It is usually an important ingredient in any healthy relationship.
# 8 Mr. Fusion
I bought an album the other day and expect the artist to receive very little of the profit. The record label will take a large cut (pimp) the RIAA will pretend to protect the artists by threatening fans (stand-over man) and hopefully I will get off on the music (John).
What you miss is that these are metaphors. In brothels people actually do get fucked (usually metaphorically as well).
No it is not “any more wrong than what a “pimp” does” it is less ‘wrong’.
Who said sex was a bad thing. We were talking about profiting off of other people having sex with people they would not choose to otherwise (usually because they are desperate). That in no way equates to your last statement and if you can not see that you are irrational (or disingenuous).
John’s and pimps always think it is a good idea, prostitutes less so, but I was not debating the value of prostitution or sex.
If that is not clear enough I offer these examples…
(a) A person offers apples for sale and a shop attendant receives payment and passes the profit to the owner for a wage.
(b) A person offers crack for sale and the street dealer receives payment and passes the profits to the drug boss for a wage.
Can you take out the words that are the same and concentrate on the words that are different and evaluate whether they have equal moral equivalence? Or do you believe “do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the law”?
P.S. George Bush was the worst, no Barack Obama is etc.
Athletes have been either pimping or whoring since the original games in Greece.
How is this news?
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#10, LDA,
Who said sex was a bad thing.
You did. Remember this line –
You restricted your comments to sex. You didn’t say a word about people selling their bodies for modeling, professional sports, or acting.
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We were talking about profiting off of other people having sex with people they would not choose to otherwise (usually because they are desperate). That in no way equates to your last statement and if you can not see that you are irrational (or disingenuous).
I won’t work for you unless I get paid and a hooker won’t let you screw her unless she gets paid. My agent is the one that chases after the customers to see I do get paid as well as finding work for me. That usually works out pretty well for both of us. Similar to what a pimp does.
Of course if I was being forced to work then that wouldn’t be a willing relationship.