I’d also point out that a lot of athletes have stored up physical issues for ourselves down the track with the intensity of our training. So when it comes to this particular resource, it makes sense to cash in when the product is at its peak – when everything is nice and tight, sitting high and bulging in all the right places!
I thought hard before I got involved with OnlyFans, and I approached it with an abundance of caution. I still haven’t shown any full-frontal nudity on my page. When it comes to nudity, my personal philosophy around it is “If I can defend this as artistic rather than obscene then I will share it.” Because when it crosses the line into pornography, that’s when people can start taking issue, and it would almost certainly start to impact my mainstream opportunities.
The harsh truth of sport is that a small percentage of athletes make it big. Those people might be rewarded with lots of juicy sponsorships, but we’re talking about only the most beautiful and charismatic of Olympic champions. A lot of brilliant performers get left behind.
Call it the Federer effect, where a handful of famous names bag multiple blue-chip brands across a range of products, services and industries, but you don’t have to go far down the pecking order before the benefits dry up.
Returning to the diving, Jack might have an Olympic gold medal, but he’s up against Tom Daley, who captured the heart of the British nation at the age of 13 and has done an amazing job of sustaining that relationship for the past 16 years.
I read that Jack was earning £28,000 from Team GB, which is not a lot for a sportsperson of his standing, and explains why he is looking to supplement his income. Having said that, it’s still better remuneration than what I remember us receiving in Australia.
My personal earnings as an athlete dipped and climbed unpredictably. Funding was based entirely on how you performed at the benchmark event of the previous year, whether that be the Olympics or World Championships, and if you didn’t compete because of injury, or you had one bad dive and didn’t medal, then things could get very difficult.
