Not funny: Canadian soccer drone story

Memo to all Canadians: let’s pool all our savings — if we have such funds in these economically challenged times — and buy as many gull darn drones we can. Send out social media posts, asking for as many people as possible traveling to Paris. Or, France. Or, even: Europe. Have them drop the drones off as close to the Canadian team as they can, and ask the nice person sitting at the security guard sitting in the security guard house — who, I sincerely hope, is wearing a Canadian red and white T-shirt and sipping a Timmy’s double double. A large one, of course.

Tell the guard to get the drones — and for goodness sake, I hope there are enough for everyone — to all the Canadian coaches with events remaining. Everyone, that is, except Summer MacIntosh, the 17-year-old aquatic goddess who can’t do anything wrong in the pool. She doesn’t need a drone, or any other type of superstition. And let’s be honest here, Grampa. This idea is all about superstitions. You could even, I think, squeeze in the word trends. That, admittedly, is a stretch. But, when it comes to winning, and winning at such a prestigious world athletic showcase, one that only graces out presence every four years, you do, alas, whatever it takes.

Drones. They occupy much of the Canadian Olympic’s news coverage — and, for all the wrong reasons. The Canadian women’s soccer team was caught for using a drone in a risky game of peek-a-boo in spying on one of their opponents’ practice. Not cool. The sanctions anct on the soccer team and its coaches were severe. We…