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We may have had this conversation before, but perhaps need input from our US chums. My understanding is that most Olympic funding in the US generally goes to the colleges, not the professional organisations - for instance, I wouldn't think the NBA gets funding for an Olympic team. The "Olympic" version of rugby would not be all mixed in with the rest of the amateur and professional game; not if it is going to receive dedicated funding from the American Olympic Committee. While a single national entity might well be created, I think it is inevitable that it would be functionally separate from the rest of Rugby America and tasked with establishing a country wide training and competition structure. There may be some leveraging off of equipment and talent identification, but there is just no way that Olympic funding is going to be used to generate any sort of forward. There may be some left-over or worn out backs available once their Olympic dream is over, but that would be about it.