"T> Or could the future be being less competitive on
"T> an international scale when other countries catch up to our
"T> knowledge since they historically finance their athletes?
It's not only US, where the athletes are not employed by the state/country. In fact, I don't think it is at all so common as you think.
Leif Neland
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