Despite narrow qualification for the Champions League, Celtic toiled badly in their group a year after progressing to the last 16.
"Now government wants us to go down a more academic route, it has narrowed down the qualifications that are recognised, which may mean we get even less people choosing it".
In addition to the victory over the African champions, who have qualified for every Olympics since the sport received wide-spread acclaim in Sydney in 2000, Great Britain also pushed world champions Russia close in a narrow European Championship qualification loss in October.
In any case, while the measure is "narrow" (it tests few qualifications), it tests schools on precisely the results that universities look at.
To prepare for this final choice, three people on a site evaluation task force, six of them U.S.O.C. members, assessed the cities' qualifications and narrowed the menu of competitors from eight to four last year, then narrowed it to two in August.
"They will disenfranchise thousands of young people, remove qualifications employers value, narrow the school curriculum even more and lead to disaffection among pupils".
AC Milan maintained their hopes of European qualification with a narrow Derby della Madonnina win against Serie A rivals Inter Milan.
Whatever one thinks of recent attempts to narrow the divide between academic and vocational qualifications, this document at least openly states the widespread preference for the former in "top" universities: "It is extremely important that you are aware that for several university courses … vocational qualifications are not considered to be suitable".
Mr Tennent admitted he was "apprehensive" about a potential NACRO merger, but added: "I would want Totton College to offer the community as wide a range of vocational qualifications as possible and not narrow that offering to a core audience.
Anne Womack, a White House spokeswoman, said: "Confirmation should be based upon the qualifications of the nominee, not the narrow agenda of two members of the Senate.
In the past, I've dealt with this "exchange rate" problem by excluding all vocational qualifications and, instead, focusing on a narrow basket of GCSEs: English, maths and the three best GCSEs.
