Australia’s top swimmers will earn a share of the sport’s commercial revenue for the first time after signing a memorandum of understanding with SwimmingAUS. 7NEWS
will earn a share of the sport’s commercial revenue for the first time after signing a memorandum of understanding with Swimming Australia.
“As we’re seeing across sports in this nation and worldwide, athletes having a voice is important for the success of the sport and the reason we wanted this agreement was to ensure that that athlete voice gets included and elevated. “They’ve been very patient and at the same time doing their thing in the pool, but knowing that we’re looking after them and getting this negotiation finished and finally signed off.”Credit:Campbell admitted the additional income stream, beyond Australian Sports Commission support and a Hancock Prospecting sponsorship, would be crucial to keeping top swimmers in the sport, rather than turning to corporate or other careers in their late 20s or early 30s.
“In order to swim professionally and have a long career, finances play a big part in that, a very big part in that.
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