Comment 70459

By Vod_Kann (registered) | Posted October 12, 2011 at 07:52:41 in reply to Comment 70430

As somebody who participated in amateur sports all his life (track as a teen, kayaking in university/adulthood), I am not the least bit surprised at how this turned out.

This is going to sound like sour grapes, it is not. It is reality- in North America The "big 5" sports (hockey, football, basketball, soccer, baseball)rule the day. It is simply part of our culture.

I have seen the great struggles that amateur sports has had to get public funding and private sponsorship. Therefore it doesn't shock me when the province drops $22mm to ensure the Ticats have a place to play but a velodrome falls by the wayside. It shouldn't surprise any body here.

Look at every major games event in North America- Montreal and Atlanta Olympics, Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and Victoria. Pan Am games in Indianapolis and Winnipeg. None of these have built a permanent velodrome and made it stick. Only the LA Olympics have succeeded in this. That is a much of a legacy of our "stick and ball sport" society as anything.

As an Ontario taxpayer, hopefully there is a city that perhaps wants to get into the Pan am mix that is willing to bite the bullet on this (or has a sugar daddy with a cheque in tow) so we do have something in the area.

I've listened to Roy Green I've respected Roy Green and you Bill Kelly are no Roy Green!

"Remember we don't pay them- they pay us!" -Scott Thompson defending CHML's pro-ticats East mountain stadium stance while being the Ticats exclusive radio right

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