Costs about 4k (soccer) to register a kid to play football in Australia, if the kid gets selected for state teams and so on, it costs more.
Didn't have much yachting where I grew up, or golf or tennis, equestrian? Only time we'd see horses would be on TV. Not a heap of Olympic sports were available in my community. Martial arts like judo, karate, taekwondo and boxing were available, swimming (swimming was by far the easiest and cheapest to access) and soccer were all within walking distance or a 5 to 10 minute drive. Closest athletics track was 20ks away, no basketball facilities, forget hockey and rowing, tennis required private coaching that no one in our community could afford not that there where any tennis courts around anyway. There used to be an outdoor velodrome a few suburbs over but it had fallen into decay and was closed cause it was dangerous. In short so many Olympic sports require infrastructure, maintenance and investment, basketball has seen massive investment in the last 30 years, as has tennis there are now all weather tennis courts in most parks. But its hit an miss and access to these facilities really depends on where you live and your class status.
Anyway in other news, a male member of the Australian Hockey team has been arrested buying a gram of cocaine in Paris. What a ****ing dickhead! who only buys 1 gram of cocaine? Get a ****ing 8 ball at least.
