On 2010 Paralympics?

With the 2010 Paralympics closing yesterday, I felt a need to get something off my chest.

I mean no disrespect to any of our athletes or Canada, but am I the only one who didn't care that the Canadian men's sledge hockey team finished fourth? Or that Team USA  beat... Japan for the gold?

Don't get me wrong, I totally respect that sport and the amount of skill and training that would go into it.

There is no way I could ever succeed at slegde hockey. It's ridiculous what those athletes can do but still I find myself not upset about a 4th place finish.

If the Men or Women's ice hockey team finished fourth in Vancouver, that would've turned our entire nation upside down... not to mention if Japan had even qualified let alone finishing second.

I even watched some of the ice dance competition, I watched a full match of curling! But yet couldn't even bother to turn on one single event last week.

Why is it that as a country we were so united and proud of all our athletes in the first Vancouver 2010 games and then when it came to the paralympics two weeks later, I heard next to nothing about it?

Those athletes train and compete just as hard as the other athletes, so why did they get less attention and support?

All of our para-athletes deserve much more respect and support then what I've given them and I hope some of these questions will be answered.

Anyways, until next time I'll leave you with a simple rule I was taught growing up. Do onto others as you would want in return.