Lottery funding dependent on results...
...do badly you'll get next to nothing but do well, and the sky could literally be the limit...
Some sports we use to be OK at we're not now because of a bad Olympics or overall results...
Posted By: Dandy Highburyman on July 31st 2014 at 16:07:43
Message Thread
- In the last commonwealthses (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 31, 14:27:27
- Lottery funding dependent on results... (Other Sports) - Dandy Highburyman, Jul 31, 16:07:43
- They failed at the Olympics too. AIS is under huge pressure and scrutiny now. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tony Martin, Jul 31, 15:51:42
- It's because we have improved enormously in Olympic sports (Other Sports) - norway, Jul 31, 15:49:26
- I'm going with Olympics legacy leaving our athletes more confident and competitive. (Other Sports) - APB, Jul 31, 14:46:13
- No, it's just that we're now better than them. (n/m) (Other Sports) - norway, Jul 31, 15:49:57
- and they hate it (n/m) (Other Sports) - Pit, Jul 31, 15:50:57
- Yep, pity Adam Gemili is Scottish though. (Other Sports) - Higher Wrather, Jul 31, 15:29:52
- No, it's just that we're now better than them. (n/m) (Other Sports) - norway, Jul 31, 15:49:57
- Usain is right, the Commonwealths are "a bit shit". Irrelevant news really. (Other Sports) - JD3, Jul 31, 14:40:55
- 100M is basically a Drugs Olympics......... (Other Sports) - usacanary, Jul 31, 22:20:30
- List......... (Other Sports) - usacanary, Jul 31, 22:21:33
- tbf It was cold (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jul 31, 16:13:08
- You wouldn't want to follow through in one of them short sprinter's lyrca onesies. (Other Sports) - Arizona Bay, Jul 31, 16:20:49
- last world championships but one (so 2011), 10.08 was enough for silver (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 31, 14:54:26
- I hate the way British sprinters are bigged up when they're simply not good enough. (Other Sports) - JD3, Jul 31, 15:31:21
- Our two fastest 100m runners aren't at the games. (n/m) (Other Sports) - andross, Jul 31, 16:19:52
- I thought 200m was his preferred event? (Other Sports) - CWC, Jul 31, 15:50:46
- Didn't bobsled sprinter man get injured just before his event at Sochi? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jul 31, 16:17:00
- And he's only 20 (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 31, 15:37:03
- It's the commentators/media I blame. Far too sympathetic/enthusiastic about mediocrity. (n/m) (Other Sports) - JD3, Jul 31, 15:32:56
- I hate the way British sprinters are bigged up when they're simply not good enough. (Other Sports) - JD3, Jul 31, 15:31:21
- One of the most ridiculous ever. (n/m) (Other Sports) - APB, Jul 31, 14:44:15
- 100M is basically a Drugs Olympics......... (Other Sports) - usacanary, Jul 31, 22:20:30
- The Aussies have topped the CG medals table going back to the 90s it seems (Other Sports) - King, Jul 31, 14:32:16
- Yup, perhaps that. Pretty stunning improvement in the short time since 2010. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 31, 14:34:52
- (Perhaps combined with deterioration by the diggers, as CeeBee suggests below.) (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 31, 14:35:36
- Yup, perhaps that. Pretty stunning improvement in the short time since 2010. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 31, 14:34:52
- Wasn't it said a while back that they had gone shit sportwise? (Other Sports) - CB41, Jul 31, 14:30:46
- Top test playing cricket nation in the current rankings. (Other Sports) - APB, Jul 31, 14:51:00
- They are sadly currently better at both forms of Rugby too (n/m) (Other Sports) - fareastcanary, Jul 31, 21:09:26
- Top test playing cricket nation in the current rankings. (Other Sports) - APB, Jul 31, 14:51:00
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