The USOC is the one that distributes the money, and football has nothing to do with that. Football is entirely privatized. Granted football certainly does gobble up the participants, but funding wise it doesn't hurt the other sports, which is my main problem with this coach. They choose to funnel all their money and effort into one program, and they are spectacular at it, but don't blame us for spreading the wealth.
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I am not just talking about the Olympic level but at the lower level where we develop players. There just isn't the resources out there to adequately develop players, rehab them and attract the best athletes to the non-big three sports. If you compare the athletics budget in any division 1 school there is no doubt that football, and to a lesser extent basketball, gobble up the lion share of funding. Granted it also brings in a lion share of funding. While the USOC spreads wealth, and even there the funding is still mostly to a handful of sports, as a culture and economy there is little doubt that the big three major sports take up most of the US athletic resources.
The most popular sports across the world are non olympic focused sports, and are gonna command the most attention. Golf, Soccer, Basketball,Tennis, Baseball, Hockey, Cricket. While some of these sports are contested at the Olympics, they are an afterthought compared to the main competitions. You really can't force people to play sports they aren't interested in. Combine that with most of the winter sports being very specialized, and not really available to the masses (where exactly can you skeleton anyhow). It's simply not financially feasible to field amateur teams in most of these sports when compared to the more common team sports.
