The presence of money, by itself, is not the problem.
But the hugely inequitable distribution of money might be.
There is just too much of a disparity between what is
distributed to a semi-finalist versus what is distributed
to a finalist, and even a worse disparity between what
1st place gets versus 5th place.
Granted, higher places should always get more, but not
so much more that it becomes a huge incentive to cheat.
If the 15th-ranked person in the world can get enough to
live on, and the 1st place person gets no more than 50%
more than what the 15th-place person gets, the sport
would be healthier.
RT
