UK Sport remains defiant over 'No Compromise' position as funding row rumbles on with threat of formal challenge While the spectacular success of that policy in the last 16 years is beyond dispute, it has also widened the gap between the haves and have nots, never more so than post-2012, when some sports that had been backed to the tune of millions of pounds to compete at a home Games saw their income cut to zero. Even some of those to have benefited acknowledge the balance may need to be redressed and that it might be better for British sport as a whole if a small percentage of the money ploughed into the pursuit of medals was spent on helping sports such as volleyball, handball and table tennis. But the likes of rowing and gymnastics, two of the big winners in the last round of funding announcements, are reluctant to give up any of their additional money due to the pressure being put on them by UK Sport to better their London results in Rio. Matters came to a head at the second chaired network meeting last month, at which new UK Sport chairman Rod Carr rejected calls to change 'No Compromise" for the Rio cycle but agreed to consider any new proposals for the four-year build-up to the 2020 Games. Sport and Recreation Alliance chairman Andy Reed said: "It was a very open discussion at which a number of sports indicated that they felt quite let down. "This is our slight criticism, that there wasn't ever a proper public debate about 'No Compromise" after the Olympics." Reed admitted "a consensus" may have to be reached in order for Olympic sports to mount a successful challenge to UK Sport. If we're going to do anything about Rio then we need to do it sooner rather than later. My fear is that otherwise it may be too late," he said. UK Sport chief executive chief Liz Nicholls warned there was absolutely no prospect of the funding model being changed before Rio. "We've made four-year commitments to sports," she said, insisting UK Sport's board had fully considered the consequences of 'No Compromise" for the Rio cycle and would "review and reflect" upon it again ahead of the 2020 cycle. However, she added: "Our role is to deliver Olympic and Paralympic success." Nicholls also cast doubt on claims some sports would be willing to sacrifice funding to help others. She said: "If any of the sports want to come to us at the annual review point and say they don't need the amount of investment they've got, we'd be very happy to hear from them because we know we're likely to get a lot of sports saying they need to fund more athletes and they need more money."