“This will never happen. I can guarantee this this will never happen.” Rene Fasel, the International Ice Hockey Federation President says. Though apparently it has been confirmed officially that Women’s Hockey will be kept in the Olympics, there is still some commotion about the idea whether it should be kept or not. People are starting to take notice on the idea that in the Olympics, there’s basically only two dominant teams for Woman’s hockey that really get the chance of getting a shot at gold medal: Canada and USA. The rest of the Olympics roster? Not that much.
People who thought that woman’s hockey should be taken off, recommend that the Olympics committee should consider taking Woman’s Hockey off the chart until other teams develop into a better team, with more chances, instead of Canada and USA easily sweeping them off the charts for a chance to get a shot at the podium-- ultimately, the gold medal. Some people even thought that woman’s hockey didn’t deserve to be in the Olympics in the first place. Woman were thought of as “weaklings”, and they didn’t have enough “power” or “force” to their play- they were looked down upon.
People who disagreed and thought that woman’s hockey should be kept in the Olympics say that the winter Olympics could be used as a goal and a measure stick for the other countries. If they took the event away, women may also miss their chance too, after all it happens only 4 years. They may become too old to play. They thought that woman’s hockey needed more recognition, and they simply just needed some more time and patience to piece everything together.
Personally I think that this event should definitely be kept in the Olympics. For the people who think that women aren’t hard enough, aren’t physical enough, too gentle, don’t mind them, because they are the opposite. They can be physical, and hard if they wanted to. They may not be as physical as men as a whole, but they still can be powerful and strong. If they took away women’s hockey from the Olympics, women who did play would no longer have that big motivation, that big goal. They may have awards like the Stanley Cup in the NHL, but it’s definitely not the same. To be honest, if the other countries did want the medal so bad, they would have it right now. They would work their hardest until they got what they wanted, instead of waiting for the medal to come to them.
For the past five winter Olympics where women’s hockey was added, Canada has won three gold medals, and USA with one.
“We need a little bit more time with the women. We need to work very, very hard to close this gap with the help of USA and Canadian Hockey. Just give me a little bit more time.” Fasel says. The committee have been sending coaches from Canadian and American hockey teams permanently to give teams a stronger build and try to guide them.
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Good job Wendy. This a really good peice of writing but you could have narrowed it down a bit and just write about the important things. I really like this because you suppported your idea with a lot of detail and I like how you added the links that was really nice add on to the paragraphs to see what you were talking about when you were quoting people from the paragraph. Good job Wendy really nice piece of work.
ReplyDeleteHi Wendy. Well done on your post, you included a lot of details and explanations for both sides of the argument. Your paragraph about those who were for and against were put together, so you may want to go back and revise the post to seperate it. This will help the reader(s) to differentiate between the arguements. The way you explained how women could be just as good as men, not exactly but fairly similar, was very powerful and I really liked your word choice. Also, you explained how the motivation is what made you feel the desire to win, and if the other countries truly felt the same passions as Canada and the USA do, they would have won a gold medal already, and I think that is true. Motivation is best when it is self-directed, and the desire to win is often very strong, boosting you up to a high level of motivation. I agree with your opinion and women should definitely still be allowed to play in the Olympics.
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