to some extent, though offering a 'payment' is not usual. But the percentage of foreign born & raised competitors is small in other countries, in Qatar the percentage of elite athletes in that category is huge - thats the difference.
The American example is not on the same par as it's a nation of immigrants and once a citizen always a citizen - cant see this being applied in Qatar's case , or maybe I am wrong - does anybody know?
I don't go to mythical places with strange men.
-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
to some extent, though offering a 'payment' is not usual. But the percentage of foreign born & raised competitors is small in other countries, in Qatar the percentage of elite athletes in that category is huge - thats the difference.
The American example is not on the same par as it's a nation of immigrants and once a citizen always a citizen - cant see this being applied in Qatar's case , or maybe I am wrong - does anybody know?
I don't go to mythical places with strange men.
-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.