Don’t blame the dolphin kick
Cats: Uncategorized|Canada is wringing its hands again. No Olympic medals.
We are a nation thirsty for Olympic medals.
The other night I heard the CBC sports desk deconstructing the swimming. Our medal hope didn’t win a medal.
Why? The dolphin kick, they said.
Sorry people, but don’t blame the dolphin kick. Or the athletes.
It’s the funding, stupid. Not the dolphin kick
In Canada, we don’t fund our athletes well enough to win medals in swimming. But we want them to win.
Australia has a smaller population than Canada but they always win more medals. Why? Because they fund their athletes.
If you fund your athletes, they will win medals.
I don’t buy the argument that Canada is uncomfortable with success. Canadians love hockey success. Canadians like to feel good about themselves.
Canadian politicians are asses if they think their athletes will deliver the “feel good” factor to a nation starved for medals.
Give them the funding and they will give you the medals.
Simple as that.
August 15th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Bingo. As usual you are right on the money girl.
August 15th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
The dolphin kick is always to blame! For everything!
August 16th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Very true.
Well now we have three medals.
August 17th, 2008 at 12:46 am
You are absolutely right, of course. And you just know what is going to happen when all the government cuts $49 million in arts funding, don’t you? We won’t win any medals there anymore either.
August 17th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Dr. Monkey, me and the rest of the nation is right. We all know and lament it
Trixie, is that how you get your kicks?
Allison, yes, its on page one of the paper today
Barbara. Sad, very sad indeed. What’s with this philistine Calgarian PM?
August 17th, 2008 at 11:18 am
We couldn’t stand him here anymore, so we sent him to Ottawa. Somehow he ended up running the country. Sorry.
August 17th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Thanx, zombie. I don’t hold you responsible, just thought you might have some insights…
August 18th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Agreed. How are they supposed to compete against athletes who get paid to train for 10 hours a day?