http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Canadian Rugby Forums » Topic: Olympic funding with no strings attached. Private sector gets in the game of.. en Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:25:25 +0000 http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/olympic-funding-with-no-strings-attached-private-sector-gets-in-the-game-of#post-1671 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:05:44 +0000 Moosehead 1671@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Olympic funding with no strings attached</p> <p>Private sector gets in the game of giving with B2ten charity spending $3 million on medal hopefuls</p> <p>(interesting on how direct donations to select athletes is an excellent way of efficiently delivering funding and getting results. Rugby to learn from this?)</p> <p>Interesting quote: </p> <p>&quot;In his new book Heatstroke, a skewering of the failing summer sports bureaucracy in Canada, former Olympic rower Michael Simonson cites a statistic relayed by Dr. Ian Reade of the University of Alberta&#39;s faculty of physical education and recreation. To paraphrase: for every dollar Sport Canada delivers to its end recipient, $8 is spent administering the expenditure, to ensure that everyone&#39;s butt is covered all the way back to Ottawa.&quot;</p> <p><a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/2010wintergames/Olympic+funding+with+strings+attached/2334319/story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/2010wintergames/Olympic+funding+with+strings+attached/2334319/story.html</a> </p>