So happy for Sal Pearson! & also happy for Anna Meares to beat Victoria - even sweeter that it was one-on-one. Her name alludes me but another Aussie girl won Bronze in the cycling. Sailing did it again & we well may get another at least.
Watched a bit of Sync Swimming. It may not be my cup of tea but I can still admire the skill & fitness they need to do their routines. I loved the Gold medal pair from Russia, they played Italian progressive band Goblin's "Suspiria" track. Goblin provided sound tracks for horror/scare theme movies back in the 70s/80s. The biggest of note was Phenomena (I believe this was the lovely Jennifer Connelly's first movie).
Anyhow, I said a Sports Psych is the only good investment but on reflection here is how I would direct funding:
1) Promotion for sports that have a fitness component to it, competes at an international level (Olympic or/& non-Olympic), & has both male & female participation. In addition sports that we traditionally we do well in, eg. Equestrian. High participation sports & those with potential quick growth.
NRL & AFL do not really fall into this category, don't tick enough boxes & have loads of their own money. I did say it was wrong Archery got more funds than Cricket but on second thoughts wouldn't Cricket also be in this category of being financially in pretty good nick?
2) Recruitment of high quality coaches for the above point & a world class Sports Psychologist.
3) Facilities, I am a big fan of "bare bones" facilities that do the job but are not flashy & don't cost heaps - if we already have a facility available that is old but safe & still does the job then I'm not in favour of wasting money knocking it down just to build one more "pretty looking". Basically only build if there is a need to.
That's all I can think of on the funding side of things for now.
An article on sports funding below
http://www.theherald.com.au/news/na...ttles-for-the-basics/2645531.aspx?storypage=0