When I said move on, meant to say, no direct involvement with the game. Does not mean I'll stop supporting, or stop going to the games, but it will be in a more limited capacity. In the past have been to many games, my kids did not play in.
I competed in different sports myself when I was young. In those years took more from those sports than I put into it. Still follow those sports. My giving back was into the sports my kids played, mostly as a coach (soccer) and administrator (hockey). I will continue to follow the sport and go to the odd games, but after 16 years of investing a lot of time, time for us as a family to focus on things we gave up on during our time in hockey. This is a normal evolution of life.
I'm also of the belief that while women's hockey at the highest level can be entertaining, it is not unlike most amateur sports, followed by a select few, and watched by many during the Olympics only. I don't think that is going to change anytime soon. The only sports were women can make a viable living seem to be the individual ones, like Tennis and Golf. That is the reality that some seem to have a hard time accepting. I'm all for some trying to make that change, but it will take many years and people heavily invested in nothing but the sport to achieve it. Not where why priorities lie at the moment.
To me you play a sport for the love of the game. Those that love it the most, and happen to be good at it, have the ability to fulfill their dreams by competing in the Olympics. If you get into the sport to get rich (like some do in sports like soccer/baseball/men's hockey etc), you are in it for the wrong reasons.
I'm the kind of person that has admiration for good athletes that are good at their craft, and work hard to achieve their goals. But I have just as much admiration for students athletes who do well in school, and are a success in life after sports, even though few would notice such achievements.
. NO MORE MINNESOTA NICE.
