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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • The best badminton player isn’t going to make a living the way the best football players in England can. That’s just how sports work, and it isn’t even capitalism. This is how it works everywhere. I say that as someone who used to be a nationally ranked competitive bocce player. I never made enough money to quit my day job, but I did make the qualifying team for the US in 2008 if Beijing ended up picking us up. I have been to the world championships twice though. Didn’t make a penny unless I melt down my medals. It’s frustrating, but that’s just how sports work if they aren’t among the few that really make money.