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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Well you've done a lot of bashing of the CBC, but you did raise a good point with "if they are successful, maybe more kids will get into sports".
I don't know if it's true or not though. If this kayaker was funded to the tune of 150 grand a year and managed to bring a bronze medal home with him, would more kids take up kayaking? Or would more kids take up kayaking if there was a 150 thousand dollar grant to a community to set up a kayaking program?
Someone else raised a point about "if they came home with 25 gold medals, would you feel better". I gotta say no, I wouldn't. Yay, they won a gold medal, but after that, well, where does it get ya? Where does it get the country? Nowhere, far as I can tell.
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Fair enough for the kayaking, all I can say is that I really didn't know that much about kayaking and after seeing it I think I'm going to go down to the glenmore and rent one. Perhaps if we fund kayakers they would be more likely to give back to the kayaking community in the future in the form of coaching and training.
If Canada won 35 gold medals I think I would be a little bit proud. There isn't much in this country to take national pride in and I would like to see more of it.