I predicted that the Canadian management was less than moronic to play the 
Americans so many times before the Olympics. The Americans were smart enough 
to use what they learned and pick on Canada's best players. The ones they 
didn't injure they took out of the game with very smart psychological ploys 
like dissing their dead relatives. I only wonder if the money and 
endorsements that they get is worth destroying the game that got them their 
gold medals in the first place.
   It will be a very short time before the womens hockey is as bad as the 
HL.
How many times can the commentaters say that the referee is letting them play 
hockey when the skilled hockey players are saying that the rules are killing 
the game that they love.
   I wonder if the Americans would love their favorite pastimes if the umpire 
changed the calls late in the game to favor the team that had less skill but 
more size and rougher tactics. What if the quarterback found himself being 
gooned every play of the 4th quarter and the ref said that the game was close 
so he was letting the players play. The rules are there and the only problem 
is that the almighty dollar is causing the game to be run by businessmen and 
not sports people. Breaking into the US market has become more important than 
the rules of the game and the players who actually play it with some skill 
and ability rather than size and agression.
  My prediction for the next Olympic Womens Hockey team is 6 foot 170 lb 
bodybuilders with less skill than the team they have already. If you want to 
let them play the game then you should tell the referees that the game starts 
with the rules and they should be called the same way the entire game.
--- Maximus 3.01
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