For the love of curling or the love of money? Financial burden can weigh on elite curlers

Primetime TV spots, bright lights, life up in the air and in hotel rooms for about half the year — curlers are as close as it gets to being professional athletes these days. Except for the money.

from CBC | Curling News http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/curling-gsoc-players-championship-toronto-money-sponsorships-1.4620412?cmp=rss
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