adj. — Sports, usually attributively, e.g. carded athlete, carded player
relating to top-level athlete receiving governmental funding.
Type: 3. Semantic Change — An Athletics Canada/Athlétisme Canada program, funded by the Canadian government, provides international calibre athletes with living and training allowances. Those who are eligible are furnished with a "card" and become "carded athletes". The names of all carded athletes are made public on "carding lists" (see Athletics Canada reference).
See also COD-2, which labels the term "Cdn".