Do not move to Canada

Given that she's Queen of Canada and our official Head of State this seems appropriate. And we have lots of Canadians on our coins--loons, polar bears, beaver, the Bluenose II--hosers all.

HardLoper wrote:

Well, Canada doesn't even have Canadians on their coins. They still have the British queen on them. I have never taken them seriously as a "nation."

HardLoper wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

Canada doesn't even support its own national sport. The vast majority of its hockey players have to move south of the border to play in the NHL.

Well, Canada doesn't even have Canadians on their coins. They still have the British queen on them. I have never taken them seriously as a "nation."

Oh boo hoo, I'm sad. Fortunately, I'm also Canadian so I can get my feelings checked for free!

Hoser, eh wrote:

And we have lots of Canadians on our coins--loons, polar bears, beaver, the Bluenose II--hosers all.

Don't put the Stanley Cup on a coin cause that's never gonna be Canadian again

Bad Wigins wrote:

Canada doesn't even support its own national sport. The vast majority of its hockey players have to move south of the border to play in the NHL.

What does that have to do with Lacrosse?

Canadians are effing crazy. They elected weed man.

Please tell me where the hell I can move to make a team?

anywhere but Ontario please and thank you.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Canada doesn't even support its own national sport. The vast majority of its hockey players have to move south of the border to play in the NHL.

Why does Canada let Americans play on their teams then?

Ummm, cause all Canadians are 'Americans'

ask fawn door

That makes no sense, Bad Wigins.

The NHL teams make money on TV revenue, ticket and merchandise sales and where they own their own building or have a favourable lease agreement, they can make money off other events, parking, concession et al.

Athletics Canada is a governing body.

Canadian hockey players don't go to the US because they are not supported in Canada, they go to the US because they get drafted, signed as a free agent or traded. As the US population is 10x as big, the US has more teams. The odds are you will be playing in the US at some point in your career or even for your whole career - over 60% of players are from Canada and I think nearly 80% if you include the farm teams in the AHL.

Lacrosse and hockey are Canada's two official sports, summer and winter. Both invented in Canada as was basketball.

It makes perfect sense, and you are reiterating my point that Canadians are leeching off our economy, which since it's all Canadians playing our bigger population is irrelevant, and we invented basketball not you, and the Indians invented lacrosse, and hockey has been played in the British Isles since prehistory.

I agree that Athletics Canada is a governing body. But I have never heard of a country called Illustrated.

Precisely this- it's not just the athletic federations that determine the standards, it's the national Olympic committee. Many countries just don't see track as a viable sport to win medals and would rather fund other random sports which are far less competitive. Thus the standards are set absurdly high.

AC standards have gotten better than they were a decade ago (some standards were even under the national record in that event), other countries like the Netherlands and Germany have tougher standards than AC. Luckily, due to the recent doping scandals several running standards have been relaxed in Germany and now several athletes will be off to Rio.

Actually, I was wondering about this as I read the first couple replies. Does anyone know whether the IOC, or maybe the constituent national governing bodies, has a policy on this ? I suppose in a case like this, Athletics Canada would not want the athlete to be permitted to pay his own way because it would embarrass them. I agree with the gentleman who says there are too many athletes in the Games, but the solution is to reduce the marginal sports and within athletics, make the qualifying standards more stringent. Thank you.

O'Donnell wrote:

I suppose in a case like this, Athletics Canada would not want the athlete to be permitted to pay his own way because it would embarrass them.

Isn't it the COC who would be paying costs? Has there been any suggestion from any governing body (either Athletics Canada or the COC) that cost is at all a consideration in the setting of standards?

And how would you determine what constitutes 'paying your own way'?

Airline ticket? Meals? Accommodation in the Olympic village? Team uniform? Other team gear? A percentage of team group travel (eg bus to training venue)? A percentage of time for coaches/therapists/managers?

Bashing Bishop wrote:

They want medal contenders, not just representatives. The only people they are potentially effing over are those that show late improvement after the window closes.

But being at the Olympics is about representing your country. Not about "contending".

Anyone who can achieve the OG qualifying standard and place in the top three at a Trials meet should go to the Olympics. In Canada though they have a convoluted qualification process with a 26 page set of floating criteria subject to change at anytime. They have issues.

no one cares

trump won't even build a boarder wall cause Capitain Kirk is canadian

you gonna keep Kirk out

Yeah, but they got hockey.

Which is 10 times as exciting as watching players walk back to a huddle after an incomplete pass or continual balls in the dirt of a MLB game.

Hockey rules

Everything else is boredom.

Agree with you wrote:

Anyone who can achieve the OG qualifying standard and place in the top three at a Trials meet should go to the Olympics.

What if you have a bad day at the Trials meet after earlier setting a national record. Should you still have a shot at going to the Olympics?

Agree with you wrote:In Canada though they have a convoluted qualification process with a 26 page set of floating criteria subject to change at anytime. They have issues.

I think you're a few years too late.

What parts of

present difficulty for you to understand?