Soz, I meant the universities get involved with bursaries and schlorships, they are well on their paths with respective organisation at this stage, development squads, national panels, high performance units.
It has moved on a lot, although America still seems an option for some of our golfers and athletes.
The way football is treated by the FAI is nothing short of a disgrace. They had it too easy for years with lads going to academies in the UK to develop but that avenue is virtually closed now unless you are exceptional because academies in the UK now bringing in young players from all over the world.