However too strict an adherence to this approach will develop a growing gap between the sports which already do well and those which have little realistic prospect of developing in the next few years .
This approach is by its nature based largely on a retrospective assessment of performance .
However too strict an adherence to this approach , which is by its nature based largely on a retrospective assessment of performance , will develop a growing gap between the sports which already do well and those which have little realistic prospect of developing in the next few years .