devashish_paul wrote:
Jackets wrote:
r0bh wrote:
Jackets wrote:
Us Brits having a shocker, what's the fall out going to be like after this? Maybe we pick up a couple of more medals in the relays and obviously Mo. Is there a chance of funds being pulled?
Five 4th places so far though, and all from young athletes so is it really that bad? Apart from KJT in the hep and maybe Muir in the 1500 has anyone really underperformed? The 6-8 medal target seemed rather optimistic to me.
Hopefuly the people making the decisions see it that way, there's a lot of money being pumped into sport (The majority lottery isn't it?) I'm sure there are a few nervous people in charge at a high level worried over there jobs.
Looks like GB got into the finals in the 4x400 for tonite. It is too bad how funding like this works in most countries, but rewarding only after winning vs rewarding for potential so you can use the money and build and win. Basically it's like VC's funding a company once they have success vs funding a company that has high potential and needs money to get to success. So in essence, the next generation of potential can only get funded if the current generation is winning. By definition the next gen is not winning "yet" even though you may be sitting on a future Usein Bolt or Mo Farah. You need the current champions winning to bring in money for the next round the way things are funded in most countries. The US is a different animal because they effectively have a pro sports farm system built into their university system with an insane amount of private sector money coming into Div 1 sports via gates receipts, TV and sponsorships for the biggest sports funding the other sports. The rest of the world does not put any real emphasis on sport in the college system (as it should be). So then its down to the sports funding themselves through sponsorship, gate receipts, memberships and govt $$$ infusions.
I find that funding policy strange too. Isn't it obvious that in sports you need to follow a long term plan and can't expect immediate success when building something from scratch. In Switzerland it is a bit different too. We have no highschool and college sports system but are organised through clubs. If you are a promising runner or sprinter you receive no support through school but you attend an athletics club after school.
We also need to be careful with out talent, as our pool is very small.
I am looking forward to the 5000 tonight. Mo looked very strong last friday and in the prelims. But when it gets as nervous as on Wednesday a lot can tappen. My money is still on Mo though, as I am no fool.
10k - 30:48 / half - 1:06:40
