Does The Special Olympics Financially Exploit Their Athletes?

[Delarage]

4. I see

I have still never thought of Special Olympics as a professional sport or the athletes devoting that much time to it. I have only been involved in younger age groups with significant physical & cognitive disabilities....athletes who LOVED the opportunities the Special Olympics offered them to be on teams, make friends, etc. Sort of like being on the local softball team or whatever. Outside of Special Olympics, they were working on functional skills to survive day-to-day life---not missing out on college b/c they trained too much.

What that means, is just like any other professional athlete, Special Olympics athletes must train full time.