I personally voted "athlete lead boycott" because I think a boycott is the right thing to do. With that said, the athletes should only boycott if they personally want to, and certainly shouldn't be forced into it in any way. I would also understand if a lot of the amateur athletes did not want to support a boycott, simply due to the tremendous time and sacrifice (as mentioned above) that they've put in.
But I definitely think the Men's Hockey team should boycott. They are all filthy rich and chances are those that would be on the team would either have been on the team in the past, or have a relatively decent chance of being on the team in the future. And not only that, but they all get a chance to compete for the Stanley Cup (every year I might add), arguable an even bigger prize then an Olympic gold.
I don't expect it to happen, but I think it would be great if it did and would have a lot more respect for the players that made that decision.
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