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Originally Posted by fotze
“I’d like to ask the people who are complaining about our results are they playing Xbox or are they playing sports? Are they going to (amusement parks) on the weekend or are they swimming? Do they do swimming lessons? Are they encouraged to play sports at school? Do they have phys ed at school? Most kids don’t and that’s a real cultural issue in Canada. That gets me pissed.”
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Well. Let's see. I support phys ed at school and I definitely think that kids should be encouraged to play sports. Adults for that matter. But why the hell is that rant directed at those that complained about the results?
Funny thing is that most of the complaints were not directed at the athletes. It was directed at exactly the stuff he is talking about. Why isn't there funding for sports and athletics the way there is in the US?
And where does he get off attacking people for playing X-box and going to amusement parks and calling them lazy? If I work 50 hours in a week coming up with algorithms to make our data processing faster, designing sleeker systems and resolving production issues... and I want to come home and play some X-box who the hell is Adam van Koeverden to criticize my life? Seemed all very snobbish and elitist "I'm better than all those guys that play X-box and go to amusement parks".
As for the "fans who only follow the sport during the Olympics".... well, gee, why don't we replace the NHL with the "100 meter dash" league. I'm sorry, but I couldn't grasp the excitement of watching the womens marathon.... watching people running, and running, and running and running and running and running.... oh my god... baseball is more entertaining. I only have so much free time (to spare from playing X-box and amusement parks) to watch sports, so I'm going to watch hockey, CFL and maybe some tennis if I come across it.... I most certainly am not going to jump to CBC every Saturday afternoon to watch Wide World of Sports to see mens gymnastics.