So... let me guess. You have a solution. Make the countries with the most medals pay for the training of the athletes from the countries with the fewest medals. Athletic affirmative action.
On Thursday, February 20, 2014 3:18 PM, "jr_...@yahoo.com" <jr_...@yahoo.com> wrote: Mike, That's precisely the point. The skills necessary to win the medals take time and money to develop. Athletes from the third world who are talented are simply winnowed out by economic factors. However, I am impressed by those runners from Kenya and Ethiopia for excelling in their sport despite of the poverty in their country. They may have financial backers, like Nike and other corporate sponsors, who live outside their country and are motivated by product advertisements.
