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Originally Posted by BPO
..... New Zealanders are almost the only people interested in the America's Cup.
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Plus Bob Hawke. He loves it because he gets to bathe in past reflected glories - and tell bluies on TV.
On crew composition; in any other sport there are eligibility criteria for the competitors. Why not this sport? What part of the effort was from the USA or NZ? I'm tempted to say it was the only bank book but I'm not even sure of that.
In some sports it is common for coaches and other support staff to be bought in but there is even resistance to this in some sports. In Australia soccer seems to work well with international coaches but in rugby union and cricket there has been a backlash against the idea. Technology, training methods and tactics are of course fully international.