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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Cycling is pretty straightforward you get out (medals) what you put in (cash)
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Originally Posted by Chris
Team GB is very canny with its cash. They spend it so that it bears fruit right where most people will see it (the olympics). If we won world cycling titles every year but lost the olympics there would be howls of complaint about the amount of money spent on it. But by allowing those of us who indirectly fund it to bask in their reflected glory every four years, they secure their funding stream.
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Spot on both.
Also, funding and a nice shiny gong ought to be enough reward for being good at playing games; I don't see why winning medals should qualify you for national honours. It seems like everyone and his father is a 'Sir' these days. It has a demeaning effect.