Asian Games have recently concluded. Various analysis have been made about performances of different countries in the games, but one interesting aspect is that the richer countries had a better medals-to-population ratio in the recently concluded Asian Games.
From the article "The wealth of nations and sporting success", published Wed, Sep 05 2018:
"The most tangible manifestation of wealth’s impact is on the ability to spend on sports. In their book, Successful Elite Sport Policies, Veerle de Bosscher and co-authors analyse the performance of 15 successful sporting nations to highlight nine pillars for sporting triumph. They find that while there is no generic policy blueprint, there is a strong positive relationship between money spent on sports development and success."
Is it not logical and at the same time a little sad?
This is why I have my personal opinion that poor countries should not spend too much money over sports; because they simply can't compete with the amount of money the richer countries spend.
Referece: https://www.livemint.com/Sports/1DKgIYnkuOgW7eqHzgIs5M/The-wealth-of-nations-and-sporting-success.html
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