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Old 02-26-2010, 09:06 AM   #4
Bootsy
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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp View Post
Two things.

One, our top athletes go to hockey for the most part. Two, other countries may not fund their female athletes to the same extent as they do their male athletes while here funding would be, I suspect, pretty equitable.
Yeah that's the big one right there, I seen a Canadian female athlete talking about it, I think it was Clara Hughes and she basically said after witnessing all her international events over the years she feels very fortunate to be from Canada seeing the support the women get here compared to many other countries who fund the men much more.
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