An athlete can be passionate about his/her sport and still fight to be recognized for his worth. After all this is the year of athlete pay/rights vs owners/leagues/federations' profit margins. We wouldn't begrudge a business exercising the right to charge a fair price for their product. Evan is his own product.
IIRC, Kwan got payed for appearing in events and Evan is an Olympic champion... As I head the news, I thought that he has pulled out because of an injury. Not long ago there were postings about him wearing something in his foot. Not a cast, but unfortunately I have forgotten the right word.
But still I believe, that pulling out because of a money issue, is not such a good idea for a skater. I have understood that Evan has always got along with USFSA well and in my opinion he should keep doing that, if he plans to return to competitions.
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