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USA versus Canada in Olympic Hockey
On 28/02/2010 12:05 PM, I am Tosk wrote:
In , says...
On 28/02/2010 11:17 AM, Harry wrote:
On 2/28/10 1:10 PM, Canuck57 wrote:
USA versus Canada in Olympic Hockey... may the best team win...
Well, someone has to break the ice.... 
The Olympics were interesting sometimes when the competitors were
amateurs. Now that the pros have taken over and turned the games into
play for pay...b-o-r-i-n-g.
Agreed. I never did like the idea of pros joining in, but not sure it
has hurt either. Sort of hurts for the non-pros but will admit the best
is the best, be they pro or not. And why should a talented skater or
skier get some endorsements or whatever.
Well, in many cases we were just coming up to speed with the other countries
(cough USSR and former eastern block nations) who were raising "pro" athletes
but just calling them something else. When you really do the math, are we
winning more medals than we did back then? I didn't see us running away with
the Olympics, we just beat other countries by a medal or two, at least among
the top few...
It's not just talent that takes an athlete "pro" here in the US although it
probably is a major requirement. There will always be amateurs among the
population that might have more talent than any given pro, one on one... just
never made it pro (yet?) for whatever reason.
My point is with the exception of a few sports, the US reclassifying so our
paid athletes could compete was not earth shattering when it comes to medals,
in my opinion. I don't follow Olympics too closely though...
Scotty
I always thought Russia was funny this way. A major in the army and all
they did was play hockey. Agreed, they were in fact pros.
But hockey is now back where it belongs, North America.
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