Perhaps I'm in the minority here because this is a sporting forum, but I fall into the category of simply not caring. I know it's quite heartless of me to say so as these athletes pour their lives into the games, but I really would rather my money not go to development of teams. Yes, for 2 weeks every 4 years everybody gets up in arms about how Canada is so terrible at the olympics, but as soon as it's over nobody gives a damn. Even our athletes who win don't get a whole lot of exposure once the games end.
I'd much rather the money go to something a little more useful to the Canadian public. I just don't understand what return we get on this investment. Even if we came home with 25 gold medals I'd still question how useful that is to us as a country.
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