Olympic Teams: Do you think the Canadian women's team can be the Canadian men's team?
152471
Yeah that could happen, or not.  Would they play by the men's or women's rules aka would there be checking or not?  Are you spotting the women a 10 goal lead or only 5.
150761
I don't think so. The looked abysmal against Latvia and that tie will cost them down the line. The roster could be better too. They left their best goalie back in the states: Ryan Miller of the Buffalo Sabres. That was a huge mistake!\n\nI think the three medalists will be Russia, Sweden and Finland, probably in that order.
240851
No she won't.  She only applied for a waiver for the Olympics.  The Women will be the same that skated at the Olympics.  Sasha, Emily, and Kimmie.
354636
Section 47.1 of the Olympic Charter says:\n\nTo be included in the programme of the Olympic Games, an Olympic sports must conform to the following criteria:\n\n1. Only sports widely practised by men in at least seventy-five countries and on four continents and by women in at least forty countries and on three continents may be include in the programme of the Games of the Olympiad.\n\nSo, never.
1022521
Yes definitely. While they may not be able to run as fast as one, the requirements for soccer is totally different from being an Olympic runner.
124808
See what we Americans have been missing. I wonder if Curling will become more mainstream now as it is in Canada! It is a fascinating concept not only because of the skill, but because of the physics of it as well! lol.....and not to mention the men like the girls that are easy on the eyes. lol :P
725984
Until unless media give attention to the Women's cricket, it won't come up. As far as performance is concerned... yes.. there must be an eventful series or cup.\n\nThere should be more aggressiveness like we see in men's cricket world cup or matches between ind-pak/ aus-eng.\n\nIndian W C T, they are doing best at this time.
667729
It depends all a bit! \n\nI'm from Australia and while I agree that at major levels women don't always achieve equality, there are other major levels of Australian sport where they really lead the way - say, our female Olympic swimming team are seen as the highlights of our swimming here. \n\nAt local levels though sport is quite equal. There is nothing at all stopping girls from playing traditionally male sports such as football, rugby - in fact, when I finished up school two years ago our high school actually had a female rugby contest! \n\nAt local levels, sport seems to be fairly equal in Australia and the areas that aren't so equal are certainly catching up. Definitely rural Australia where I'm from is quite even...we don't really have the population out here to segregate so it seems naturally blended. \n\nEmail me if I can help more! robforster15@hotmail.com
112312
The best ranked teams within Canada are invited to a round-robin tournament where they play each other. The best 3 or 4 teams after the series then play down and the team that wins that play-down is then the nation's team for the Olympics.
1084945
No, the typical Canadian does not play growing up.\nNot everyone understands the rules.\nAnyone can play as well as ladies, young or old.\nIt seems as if the fun is in the playing more than observing.\nNot all schools have a team, not all schools have access to an ice surface to play and practice.
308871
Women's sports are a colossal bore.  Sorry, but with the exception of tennis, and maybe the occasional golf tournament, that's true.  Women's basketball?  Please.  For men's sports, I'd watch hockey before any NBA game.  The NBA is just a bunch of strutting, overpaid prima donnas.
476956
Sadly the ladies team plays better than the men's U.S team so unless there happened to be a series of unfortunate incidents on the other teams it is more likely people in hades will have ice water.
595648
Yes softball is being dropped in the 2012 Olympics but I think that it will be reinstated into the 2016 Olympics once they get a different president of the IOC. All there reasons can be argued.\n \nThe IOC said they were going to get rid of these two sports to make the games smaller and less costly.  Then why did they try to fill up these two open spaces with golf, rugby, squash, karate, or roller sports. None of these sports received enough votes to be added to the Olympic Games. This tells me that the IOC was not actually trying to make the games smaller.\n\nAnother reason that IOC dropped softball was because of the United States domination in the sport. Yes, it is true that the United States have won the past 3 gold medals, but the only way the other international teams are going to get better is to play the best in the world. In the 2005 World Cup of Softball, Japan won the tournament. They beat the United States in the championship game, 3-1. Canada also beat the United States in pool play in a close game. According to these results, the United States is less dominating now. \n\nSoftball does not have enough of a worldwide appeal. That is why there are currently 127 countries playing softball. Not all of them are developed into excellent softball teams, but they are playing the game. The only way they are going to get better is to play. The problem is that softball is not a popular sport in Europe. Europeans mainly dominate the IOC. Softball is more popular in the Americas and Asia. They don’t have as big of an influence on the IOC. 60% of the IOC executive board is European. Less than 15% is from the Americas and 20% is from Asia. \n\nSoftball is closely related to baseball which I believe hurt them in the IOC’s decision. The IOC just assumed that softball had problems with steroids like baseball does. Softball is one of the few sports left that have never had a positive drug testing in the Olympics or World Championships. \n\nBaseball players have dreams of playing in the Major League. Softball players dream about playing for the Olympic team. Many young women and girls dream about playing for their country’s team in the Olympics. The IOC shattered millions of these dreams. It is not just American girls that are upset either. Many young women from all over the world are upset about the decision. I am one of them. I too want to play in the Olympics. I have played softball since I was 6. I started playing varsity softball as a freshmen.
132491
I think Cnanada should win about 20 medals, but since the team usually chokes I will go with 15.  \n\nAs long as we get the hockey gold who cares about the rest of the events.
351874
Why not?\n\nI've played rugby with a men's team...and I survived, although they gave me a run for my money, lol.\n\nTo play devil's advocate, though, they (the rule-makers) are probably just trying to make sure its as fair as possible, since (I'm assuming you're talking about a junior team, not like a college team?) guys tend to be a bit larger/ stronger (yes, its hard to admit sometimes, but its genetics, you can't argue!) and they (yes, the rule-makers again, lol) just want to make sure you're as safe as possible.  Consider that its a co-ed league and one school decides to enter an all-guys team to compete against your school's half-and-half team.  Would one not have a controllable potential advantage?
999293
Yes, I've always thought that women should be able to play full contact hockey.  We don't break anymore than men do.
191880
Men\nGold: Canada\nSilver:Finland\nBronze: US\n\nWomen\nGold: Sweden\nSilver: Switzerland\nBronze: Canada