The Olympics where the best of the best professional athletes come together to show off their skills and talents except Ice Hockey. In the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics the NHL (National Hockey League) did not partake in the games. Gary Bettman is the commissioner of the NHL and he was the one who made the decision to not let the professional athletes to play in the games. I think that NHL players should be able to make their own decisions on whether they want to partake or not. I also think that it is cool to watch my favorite players play against either other for the gold medal. The question I want to know is why did Gary Bettman and the committee not field a team in the Olympics and was it the right decision? The more I researched the more I found that professionals have played in a lot of olympic games in the past but that has changed in the recent years. From what I've found lot’s of sportscasters and coaches believe that NHL should be allowed to play in the olympic games. The first reason is when the NHL players have played in the past 5 olympic games the USA was won a total of 2 silver medals in 2002 and 2010, that is very impressive when it comes to the …show more content…
“Obviously we all have the dream of winning a Stanley Cup, and then the next is literally right there: winning a gold medal for your country.” said by Mark Scheifele (Calfas 2). That is saying that winning gold medal is almost at the same caliber as winning the Stanley Cup which is reallying saying
Hockey is a popular sport in today’s society. Invented by James Crichton and several Mcgill students in Montreal, hockey is the main sport played in Canada. Many Canadian see hockey as an escape or a stress reliever. Others, however, see it as a “closed game” due to the fact that in the past it was ruled by white players. Although now people are aware of discrimination and some people are willing to eliminate it,it is still present in many sports.
As population continually increases in the Southern states, the NHL is moving teams into large Southern cities. In an effort to increase profits and popularity, the NHL has increased the number of teams in the league and moved into Southern cities that have never had hockey teams before. The problem is that hockey is not as popular in the South as it is in the North. This expansion in the South has lead to huge monetary losses to Southern teams and very low attendance numbers. The NHL should not have expanded the league into Southern cities and should keep NHL teams farther North.
Hockey becomes not just a sport for
Maurice Richard’s historical significance in Canada was due to his importance as a hockey player in Montreal from 1942 to 1960. This was because hockey is “closer to a religion than a simple sporting pastime” in Canada. It was “a unifying force” in a nation where one state wanted to separate from the rest of Canada. Nevertheless hockey has had a major impact on the social, economic, cultural and political realms of Canada.For example: in the 2014 winter Olympics, bars across the country remained open past their legal closing times for the gold medal game. Maurice was “credited with raising the National Hockey League to major sport status”, he simply “sold the game” to French Canadians post great depression. He stopped the National Hockey league
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Sometimes it is easy to forget the game played on frozen ponds and backyard rinks, and get lost in the overwhelming professional sport known as hockey. However, we strive to remember that hockey became Canada's game because it made our never-ending winter months more bearable . The game gradually became a sport, then an entertainment industry. It seems like the lockout was one of the biggest news stories of the year. Part of the amazing nature of the game is that it's origins are fairly vague. However, we always remember that hockey is our game. It may not be our official sport, like lacrosse is, but hockey is what Canada seems to be most well-known for, and it continues to have immense influence on our free society, with its unique style
Hockey has been in Canada for about 140 years and Canada has been taking part in the hockey winter Olympics since the 1920’s. In 1948 Canada’s Olympic hockey team ran into a problem. The Montreal Royals were supposed to represent Canada but declined the offer and couldn’t find a new team due to Olympic rules around amateurs being paid to play hockey. Canada and the Olympic hockey manager Dr. Alexander “Sandy” Watson thought fast to put together a team. Watson recruited Royal Canadian Air Force men to create this team to represent Canada.
Sports differ in many ways even the things that should be the same can be complete opposites. I have played football, basketball, soccer, track, and cross country and I never payed attention to running in any of those sports except for in track and cross country. I did not notice the amount of running I did in all those sport until I had to only focus on the running aspect. To this day I can say I have learned lessons in all of my sports, but running sports have taught me the most. Running is mandatory in so many sports, yet it has presented some of the largest obstacles for a me to overcome mentally.
“There was a prejudicial feeling toward American players that the 1980 Winter Olympics helped to turn around,” adds ESPN analyst Bill Clement, a Canadian who was playing in the NHL in 1980. “Before then, the criticism of American players was that they weren't tough enough, couldn't score when they had to, and couldn't win big games for you or with you. That mentality began to change after 1980.”
A controversial issue has been whether or not contact sports should be played in high school. People believe that contact sports should not be allowed to be played by the youth in high school. This issue is serious enough to have safety laws. For instance, a traumatic brain injury (TBI) law is the Zackery Lystedt Law. The Zachery Lystedt Law was the first law to protect the safety of young athletes when the get concussions. This law says that children must not participate in sorts related functions, such as practices and games, until they are medically cleared to do so. Various reasons include exceeded the joys and benefits of playing contact sports. Said reasons include long term injuries, intense amounts of money needed, thus more sponsors needed, and contact sports have a trend of causing drug abuse.
All of the rosters of the twelve teams have at least one NHL player on its roster. However, the NHL is thinking about not letting its players play in the Olympics because it cuts into the season, and there is a risk of getting there star players injured.
Ambition is the world's driving force, but can it be harmful? People are driven by ambition to be better, do better, and come on top, but it can be taken too far. Everyone has ambition, whether that be the ambition to get straight A’s, be the best at a sport, or be good at a certain skill. The drive to be more known as ambition, but sometimes it can drive people to do vile things. The story of “Macbeth” is a great example of that.
SHOULD EXECPTIONALLY TALENTED YOUNG ATHLETES BE ALLOWED TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL SPORTS WHEN THEY ARE STILL IN THEIR EARLY TEENS EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO MOVE AWAY FROM HOME AND LEAVE SCHOOL?
What would you say if I told you that hockey was no longer Canada's national sport? Although it seems that it is on a professional level, where the game and Canada has progressed to become bigger, faster and stronger than ever, this could not be less true compared to the game we all grew up loving. Yes, the game that many grew up on, playing minor hockey and developing lifelong friendships through countless hours on the ice has become less popular in recent years due to many reasons, one major one being cost. Through the alarming costs of equipment and minor hockey that are needed to play organized hockey, it is looking like Hockey is not so much Canada's national sport, but rather one played mostly by the rich.
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