Sir, – I see Ian O’Riordan (“Faster, stronger, dirtier – why it’s best to not watch the Enhanced Games”, May 23rd) lives in a world where no bills need to be paid nor nest eggs created. He criticises two Irish swimmers for looking after their financial futures, to the detriment of their “sporting reputation”, by participating in the Enhanced Games, which permits the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Max McCusker claims to have made €10,000 as a professional swimmer in four years. Shane Ryan, a fine swimmer but no world-beater, presumably earned a similar amount before he retired.
Sporting reputations have buttered no parsnips for Max and Shane and I wish the two lads every luck in getting something back from a sport that has seems to have given them little financially. – Yours, etc,
AENGUS KING
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Donnybrook,
Dublin 4.
