Raise the Hammer

I agree in part, Michael. I really do, but we have to start somewhere. That's what we are starting to push for in Hamilton right?

Open data and open communities is not something new in the world and you have people like Joey and his Think Haus crew pushing to show our great city how we can do this and why it's not something we should be scared about.

At a price tag of $45M of Hamilton's money, learning about this whole open communication/working tightly with the community, would be the perfect test bed.

Wouldn't it be something if on opening day, we could all stand amongst that crowd with pride knowing that we all played a major part in building this substantial Hamilton Sports and Recreation Facility.

Maybe I watch too many sports movies like Field of Dreams, The Blind Side, Radio, Rudy, Jerry McGuire his The Mission Statement, Any Given Sunday, Remember the Titans, A League of their Own, For the Love of the Game, Mystery Alaska, Maurice Richard, and I could go on and include other sports like Boxing or Karate.

Yes. I get choked up watching sports movies, especially ones about the deep roots of these games.

The Tiger-Cats are one of the oldest professional sports teams and yes, maybe even the CFL has stepped a little to the professional dark side, but Ivor Wynne is still our's and a great Canadian game is still played among those walls. Kids (once myself), still get to take to the surface a historic sports franchise - a team they cherish, battles on every other weekend. I don't know, but even at 14 and 15 that was pretty special to me.

So yes, maybe in part you are right. I know I need to be a little more closer to the place you and others are in terms of understanding the dark side of politics and pro sports, so we need to make sure what's pure about what we are building and what will transpire within those walls for the next hopefully 80 years, is never lost.

Comment edited by lawrence on 2011-11-17 10:16:22