Correct... this is about funding for the year. Under Brenner, the Olympic team made training opportunities available to all the qualified sailors, they were essentially on the team... but also made firm performance benchmarks for all of the fleets for the top 2 teams who would be designated US Sailing Team members and get the bulk of the funding. The big change was that the sailors actually had to train and practice as a team... not the individual efforts of the past. They actually put it in writing and most of the sailors liked the system. The Olympic review liked this process and the use of the money.

Now the upsets start when two person teams break up or one sailor drops out of the Olympic effort... how does the training money follow... Or what happens when individuals want to break off and do their own training regime....