Honestly, doesn't Korea no longer need to stake its life on Olympic medals??

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Back in the developing nation days,
it made sense to win them just to gain national recognition,
but now we are well-known enough
and we are a developed nation.
Winning a lot of gold medals doesn't provide much of a promotional effect anymore,
so shouldn't we be able to abolish things like military service exemptions and pensions?
People say non-popular sports will die out..
But even if non-popular sports fall behind, it shouldn't have a huge impact anymore,
right?
(I'm sorry to those in non-popular sports... ㅠㅠ)
The effect of gold medals isn't as big as it used to be..
Unless it's an impact on the level of Kim Yuna, it just becomes an issue for 1–2 months and then quickly fades away..