HOlympics

It takes a lot of money for amateur athletes to make it to the Olympics, and one Kiwi athlete has come up with an, um, interesting way to finance his trip to the 2012 London Games, but the New Zealand Olympic Committee isn't exactly supportive of his efforts:

"Based on the Olympic values of excellence, friendship and respect, we would place your actions as totally inconsistent with these values," TV3 network quoted an excerpt of the letter, signed by NZOC secretary-general Barry Maister, as saying.

"Your open solicitation of 'clients' for your 'business' while using the Olympic or Olympian connection must cease immediately, or the NZOC will be forced to consider taking legal action against you."

I'll leave it up to you to click on the link to find out what this athlete/entrepreneur came up with to finance his Gold Medal dreams.

(Although I probably kind of telegraphed that with the title.)