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Originally Posted by SeeBass
I would love to go out and play team Canada and I would be ok if they smoked me too, so can I be an Olympic athlete too?
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Yes.
If you can be one of the best 23 players in your Country then damn rights you can play against them or even for them. Where are you from? Are you a top 23 player in that country? My guess, no!
At least these women are the best their country has to offer and are out there competing to get better and it has been shown that athletes of any kind get better when they player better competition.
How do you expect them to get better if they never know how far behind they really are on the biggest stage for their sport? It has been shown that these programs take time, especially with team events, but come along slowly.
You can look at a ton of events where 20-30 years ago no one but Country A, B, maybe C were the only ones winning medals at the games but now with programs built Country D, E and F are now putting pressure on those top countries and winning medals themselves.
Give it some time and if you don't like it no one is holding a gun to your head to watch it or even pay attention to it!