The Winter Olympics are full of entitlement and leisure class athletes

[MichMan]

49. I can't figure out why anyone cares about the cost of any sport or hobby unless they are the ones doing it.

The only two sports I have any interest in is Auto Racing and Hockey. Been to approx. 1000 races. You think hockey is expensive, you have no idea.

Really no different than anything else people want to do, the parents find a way the best they can. Whether it's Art, Band, Dance, Skiing, Tennis, Gymnastics, Horses, Hockey, or Racing. None of those is cheap.

I would have loved to have a Go Kart as a kid, but in my family and parents it wasn't going to happen. I know parents who have bought a few for their kids, work on them endlessly, and take them racing every weekend. It becomes an entire family endeavor, teaching a lot of life lessons. Costs a fair bit of $$ for a truck, trailer, karts, engines, tires, spare parts, pit passes, and there is nearly zero chance any of these kids are going to be professional racing drivers. They do it because dad races, his dad raced, and it's in their blood.