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To rework his technique, He needs money.
He said it takes more than 90000 dollars a year to keep skating. and most of figure skaters take this amount of money a year to keep skating. - It's no secrect. and it's really LOT'S of money.
Does he have anywhere else to make money other than doing ice show? If he doesn't do this ice shows than how can he buy the foods that he need to survive? how can he pay his rant and water bills and etc? His parents don't have money. and he is an adult.
Prize money don't even come cloze the money he need to keep skating.
How can he rework his techniques without doing the shows? Does the money falls down from the sky? Does he have any sponser? (except Rindell who gives only skates not money). Your post is just ridiculous. What is wrong with you??
Every skater needs money to train and not just Johnny.
They may go about it in different ways and skating in shows is certainly a way to earn money.
If Johnny is the most popular skater in USA as his fans like to claim then he should be able to find sponsorship money, no?
I don't think Johnny is going to continue as a competitive skater and that is certainly his choice.
His statement that he pulled out of Worlds in order to rework his technique sounds dubious.
It is fine if you believe it but I think it sounds odd. The best thing Johnny could have done to help his skating career would have been to go to Worlds and win a medal.
Instead he has decided to hit the talk show circuit and play off his Olympic buzz (which I thought was good - and maybe it is a good idea to play the celebrity game rather than training hard for a few weeks and going to Worlds).
I have no problems with his choices but it doesn't mean I have to buy into this "rework the technique" business as a valid excuse for pulling out of worlds.
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