[lookout123]

this really isn't a subject worthy of grand debate... but - do you think the individual nations of the EU have a greater proportion of superior athletes than our individual states. because that is what it boils down to. i don't believe we would have 50 times the medals. i do believe that the 50 US teams + the EU nations would take most of the medals by knocking out most of the countries that have small athletic programs and as people pointed out earlier they lack the money to pay for the best coaches. i would say that each of our states can put together a team worthy of competition on an international level and just from the number of opportunities to compete they would vastly increase the number of medals won by americans.