yeah however on the other hand we don't have high school teams as you have in the US where students stay in school till afternoon 5 days a week to practise under very good conditions ina very competitive way
after that you can go to college...imho in the US there are ways to succeed as a player of almost any type of sport - no country spends even nearly as much as the US, why do you think you're so good at the olympics every year - it's (almost) all about the $$, the support of talents, so you're right in this point.
however imho the US gives many opportunities to sport talents