[quote=FlamesAddiction;1403733]Obviously we need to throw more money at soccer and give the athletes grants so that life doesn't have to get in the way of their dream.[/quote]
Fixed.
Money is not necessarily (or entirely) the problem. Systems for the development of athletes develop naturally in a market-like manner. If there was a large professional league based in Canada for, say, water polo, professional water polo teams would scout Canada's water polo youth leagues aggressively, identify potential stars at young ages, recruit them, fund them, and develop them. This would all be done in the spirit of competitive business and attraction of revenue from the team's fan base. It would merely be incidental that Canada would also reap the benefits of this development process.
I suppose it's an open question whether, in the absence of private market systems like the above the development of athletes is worth spending taxpayer funds on.
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