The purpose of this research was to grasp the. situation and changes on sports system in east European nations through the situation of State Amateurs of Judo in Bulgaria. The following facts were recognized by investigation with references and interview to related persons and organizations.
1. Excellent contestants and their coaches had been given higher standard of monthly salary including allowance for training camp by Physical Education and Sports Association of Bulgaria.
2. The contestants who obtained excellent result in a international competition had been given higher amount of reward or cars and so on. The yearly income of some contestants reached to 4 to 5 times of the amount for normal office workers. Coaches of such contestants had been given 60 to 80% of their reward.
3. The amount of reward to contestants had been increased in a year before and the year of Olympic Games. Olympic Games had been understood as a occasion of enhancing national glory.
4. Excellent contestants and their coaches had been given better conditioned residence and the right to use social facilities and to buy living necessities with cheeper price comparing with general people. And it showed a tendency that some of them changed their clubs because of gaining better condition.
5. Training environment for excellent contestants had been well arranged and they could devote to their trainings without disturbance of obliged work.. In the case of excellent results in the certain competition their future had been guaranteed.
6. Students with excellent contest results in national sports academy, where is a institute to bring up sports coaches, could devote to their trainings without disturbance of any other obligation including their study.
7. As excellent contestants and their coaches had been with high social status and respected as the national heroes by general people they could face to competitions with a pride. And they had been given the opportunity to go to abroad without any restriction. It seems that this opportunity gave them a great financial profit.
8. The sports system with State Amateur had given a great profit to produce sports elites in Bulgaria but it showed fragility in financial matter when the political system of nation was changed. This change leaded unemployment and secession of sports elites, and then finally collapse of State Amateur system.
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