After the victory over the US, the Canadian women celebratory locker room party emerged back into the rink leading to several pictures being taken of the players by the AP leading to controversy. The controversy was over the fact that pictures were taken of the players in an empty stadium celebrating with there teammates with booze and cigars. This incident lead to the team formally apologizing for their actions.
The statement from the Canadian Hockey association:
"The members of Team Canada apologize if their on-ice celebrations, after fans had left the building, have offended anyone. In the excitement of the moment, the celebration left the confines of our dressing room and shouldn’t have.” (New York Times)
However, the criticism received for the player's actions are ridiculous. The more ridiculous statement was made by the I.O.C. spokesman. The statement said,"“I don’t think it’s a good promotion of sport values. If they celebrate in the changing room, that’s one thing, but not in public. We will investigate what happened.”
The player's conduct portrayed the values of any team that has reached the pinnacle of success. As spectator's it is easy to evaluate and criticize their actions, however, the athletes are the one's putting in the work day in and day out, year after year to reach gold medal game for the Olympics. This event defines what athletes aspire to reach, however, the Olympics games are a level of competition that majority of athletes will never reach and an event majority of people only can dream about. So, within the confines of social acceptability, make the most of the celebration.
http://vancouver2010.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/furor-over-canada-womens-team-celebration-fizzles/?scp=1&sq=canadian%20women%27s%20hockey%20team&st=cse
Gavin Christensen
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The statement from the Canadian Hockey association:
"The members of Team Canada apologize if their on-ice celebrations, after fans had left the building, have offended anyone. In the excitement of the moment, the celebration left the confines of our dressing room and shouldn’t have.” (New York Times)
However, the criticism received for the player's actions are ridiculous. The more ridiculous statement was made by the I.O.C. spokesman. The statement said,"“I don’t think it’s a good promotion of sport values. If they celebrate in the changing room, that’s one thing, but not in public. We will investigate what happened.”
The player's conduct portrayed the values of any team that has reached the pinnacle of success. As spectator's it is easy to evaluate and criticize their actions, however, the athletes are the one's putting in the work day in and day out, year after year to reach gold medal game for the Olympics. This event defines what athletes aspire to reach, however, the Olympics games are a level of competition that majority of athletes will never reach and an event majority of people only can dream about. So, within the confines of social acceptability, make the most of the celebration.
http://vancouver2010.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/furor-over-canada-womens-team-celebration-fizzles/?scp=1&sq=canadian%20women%27s%20hockey%20team&st=cse
Gavin Christensen
kin 338i
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