Canada and sport.

**YOUR Hero** · 11-28-2006, 10:22 AM

You are right Y2C. Now I'm not taking anything away from Australia, they are awesome. Canada's problem however is funding. Although there is an attempt to fund amateur athletes better (2010 Olympics coming to Canada) is it far too little and will fall short and I suspect once the 2010 Olympics pass that funding may dwindle. Amateur athletes in Canada live below the poverty line, many in destitute conditions, because of this they do not get the same level of training, let alone sustained training. Those that have excelled in the past really need to be congratulated as they did it under really adverse conditions. I wish Canada was more like Australia (from what I understand) in terms of funding their amateur sports. This not only includes money for coaches, but for housing and food and everything else.

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11-28-2006, 10:22 AM	#28
YOUR Hero Adminstigator Posts: 102,491	You are right Y2C. Now I'm not taking anything away from Australia, they are awesome. Canada's problem however is funding. Although there is an attempt to fund amateur athletes better (2010 Olympics coming to Canada) is it far too little and will fall short and I suspect once the 2010 Olympics pass that funding may dwindle. Amateur athletes in Canada live below the poverty line, many in destitute conditions, because of this they do not get the same level of training, let alone sustained training. Those that have excelled in the past really need to be congratulated as they did it under really adverse conditions. I wish Canada was more like Australia (from what I understand) in terms of funding their amateur sports. This not only includes money for coaches, but for housing and food and everything else.