Vancouver 2010 Olympic Security Plans

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To elucidate: Hockey will never have a following like basketball/baseball/football in the United States because there's such little fertile ground with which to grow our own players. Unlike the three sports named above, hockey has practically no presence on the high-school level. In most parts of the country, expensive facilities are required for the sport to even exist. Thus, while we have a 'national' professional hockey league, much of its talent is imported from places where hockey can easily be played in a natural environment. A sport which requires an icy environment can only achieve so much success in a nation in which vast stretches never experience such an environment.