Posts tagged canadian women’s hockey team
Olympic athletes must have better values
Mar 6th
Paul Kokoski Hamilton writes that Olympic athletes must have better values:
I am disappointed with the members of the Canadian women’s ice hockey team for bringing alcoholic drinks onto the ice after their gold medal win over the United States.
Olympians have a ‘play hard, party hard’ reputation.
The massive condom distribution at the Games seems to be evidence of that lifestyle and sends the message that such a lifestyle is permitted and even encouraged at the Olympic Village.
Athletes, however, should be grounded in their faith and encouraged to engage in prayer and spiritual reading.
Historically, sports was considered to be a virtue-making machine.
The values that correspond with sports were considered to go hand-in-hand with those that go into being a person of integrity and faith.
Vince Lombardi, the former Super Bowl-winning coach of the Green Bay Packers football team, was a good example of that. He lived his faith and it was integral to his coaching.
Today, however, sports is increasingly associated with vice. It should be a vehicle to develop good character, to make people courageous, generous losers, and gracious victors.
We have to recover these original principles of sports.
Canadian women’s hockey players under scrutiny for cigars and beer on ice
Feb 26th
The International Olympic Committee will investigate the actions of Canadian women’s hockey players who celebrated their gold medal victory Thursday night by swigging beer and smoking cigars on the ice in Vancouver.
A number of players, including 18-year-old superstar Marie-Philip Poulin, were drinking alcohol on the ice following the team’s 2-0 defeat of the United States. (The legal drinking age in British Columbia is 19.) Players lingered for more than 70 minutes after the awards ceremony reveling in the arena, which was empty except for media and arena staff.
