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Are you saying that being successful isn't in any way evidence that you deserve it? For example, does winning all those competitions provide no evidence at all that Usain Bolt is a great sprinter?
I asked this before and got no answer: what exactly are the bad results? Seems to me that if Usain Bolt feels guilty about winning the Olympics, that's worse for him. If everyone expects Usain Bolt to feel guilty for winning, people who would otherwise enjoy athletics won't try and compete in the first place. That's worse for the world generally.
What exactly do you expect Usain Bolt to do with his money?
Usain Bolt is a great sprinter, and has succeeded. He probably deserves that success. Lance Armstrong was probably a great cyclist, and succeeded. He probably did not deserve that success. have succeeded, and probably did not deserve that success. Professional athletics is specifically constructed to be an environment where the deserving succeed, and still frequently rewards players who don't deserve success with success.
And to my knowledge Usain Bolt, despite being high profile and more financially successful than most Olympic athletes, is not particular... (read more)