Sports Funding Quotes

A lot of people don't know the USOC is not government funded and they are always looking for support from sponsors.

Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.

We don't have any kind of sponsors. The players invest themselves. They need money. They need resources... That's why, in sports and teams, they have sponsors - in soccer, in the NFL. Everyone has sponsors who invest and help to pay daily expenses.

I didn't get an athletics scholarship at a major school.

We're very poor because the sports ministry has not done enough. If elected, I will sit down with the federation and come up with plans that will turn our country into a football superpower.

Philosophically, I don't believe in public funding for private sports.

What we have seen is that sports is definitely developing in India. I can see a lot of positive things happening in India. It may take a bit more time, but with proper guidance and people having passion for sports, I don't think we are far away from becoming a good sporting nation.

Cricket is a self-sustaining industry; but corporates need to realise that other sports don't have that luxury. This is the time when they need to invest, and keep the faith. Every sport has the potential to create world champions. Imagine India as a country full of world champions. Why imagine? Let's just make it happen.

Politicians should talk about sportspersons and sports, and it should surely be in the agenda when they go out asking for votes.

So kids that have pro potential and want to take a loan so that their families don't have to deal with it, why can't you?

But I think there is a widespread opinion that the support system for athletes should be more firmly established.

I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.' I have heard the argument that big-time athletics bring in loads of money to universities. I don't believe the money goes anywhere other than back into the sports teams, but that's another story.

When I got fired from coaching, I started coaching high school because my son played. I realized real quick that high school football is in trouble. There's no budget. A lot of kids have got to pay to play, and every year, coaches are getting out of the profession. Kids aren't playing like they used to. It bothers me.

Group events like cricket, football and kabaddi have private leagues, which are all being played for money. There are no such events in athletics. Everything is run by the government bodies, there's less money involved in our game, and we are not even paid as well as people in other sports.

Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.

Why should 'big sports' get tax breaks that businesses and families across America don't get?

I was the youngest of seven kids and I would not have been able to go to college without an athletic scholarship.

The game needs to be funded by sponsors, by members, by broadcasters. There needs to be a commercial relationship between the FFA and the people who supply the money so it is a natural alliance. Sport is not a charity.

You can't be a losing team and get a new arena. That's not fair. That's not fair! That's how I see it.

We need to wake up to idea that you cannot treat sport on equal terms with other parts of the economy.

Title IX came along and changed a lot of things for the better, but nevertheless, it meant that money became more important.

The 2012 Olympics is going to cost £8 billion which is a lot of money. It'll probably bankrupt London. But you can't put a price on two bronze medals in cycling.

If the government announced that it was going to allocate a vast tranche of education funding purely to the pupils at the best public schools, there would be a national outcry - and yet this is precisely what the Olympics represents in terms of sports funding.

As you can probably tell, the push to develop talent in Africa is personal. I grew up there. I played there. I know how much talent there is. We have to concentrate on building facilities, establishing successful leagues and finding investors to help young players.

Companies that support sports developmental programs in our communities should also be applauded.