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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Why not? They are fans. What makes olympic atheletes different from any other athlete that they are not subject to criticism?
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That they are amateurs. They sacrifice their own time, money, and lives to do what they do. A lot of them work and train full time, to get to the point that they are at. They go and represent their country on the world biggest stage, produce best times, place higher than any Canadians before them, then are told by their home country that they suck because they don't medal?
Sorry, criticism is fine, but being telling these athletes that they suck is not constructive, nor is it fixing the problem.
If we as Canadians want the results, and the medals, then we as a country need to sacrifice some time / money to support them.