The reality of Spain, and of leagues in France, Germany, Italy and to a degree England, is that there is growing two-tier gap in which a couple of clubs dominate the television ratings, thus creating wealth that the rest cannot dream of competing against.
We should strive with every fiber of our teaching souls to reach and engage and inspire the kids on the lower tier of our gap.
For example, our African-American and Economically Disadvantaged (ED) kids, the ones on the lower tier of our gap, scored better than the white kids in Cleveland and in several other Ohio districts.
The problem is that no matter how well the lower tier of our gap performs, it's being compared to a group whose numbers are severely distorted by our very top-performing kids.
The Harvard program is aimed at the upper tier of that leadership gap.
"Teams like Japan, Romania and Georgia are closing the gap between tier one and two," Charteris said.
There are increasing signs rugby will not be dominated indefinitely by the same familiar names and the gap between supposed tier one and tier two nations is narrowing all the time.
I prefer the assertion in "Second-Tier Teams Narrow Gap at Rugby World Cup," Sept. 13, that second-tier teams "stole the hearts of rugby fans and brought the tournament to life".
The good news for Georgia is that the gap between tiers one and two continues to close.
There have been some great games, the gap between the tier one and two nations has narrowed, a big positive, but the question now is what the future holds for the emerging countries.
He also said the company had seen trends suggesting that some customers were living paycheck-to-paycheck. Gap, the mid-tier clothing outlet, said sales dipped 11percentt in July alone, worse than estimates had feared.
