Olympic hockey

First of all, congratulations to Sweden for winning the gold medal. It was a good game. (http://www.nbcolympics.com/results/1501439/detail.html?qs=pt=espn)

During the Cold War, the Soviets and East Germans dominated team sports in the winter Olympics. Those were the days when the USSR hockey team was made up of veterans playing US and Canadian college kids.

Back then, the matches were a joke.

Once in a while, you had a "miracle on ice". Most of the time it was a nightmare on ice as veteran Soviets beat up college kids!

Today, the USSR is gone. The best Europeans are playing in the NHL.

So let's bring the college players back. Let them earn medals and enjoy the fame. The pros have the Stanley Cup. Turn the game back to the amateurs and let the young men play for the medals and the flag.