I think the reason we're so superior—and I don't think this is a surprise to you or anybody on the committee—is partly cultural. Canadian athletes view hockey as the ultimate goal and many of them pursue it.
I was out on the ice yesterday with a grandfather and his four-year-old grandson. They were having races and shooting against each other on the ice surface. You don't often see a grandfather and a grandson playing basketball, soccer, or baseball. I think a big part of what's going to help Canada advance in other sports will be the influx of new immigrants from around the world who will bring more of a cultural passion for other sports.
I think we can offer the children a full gamut of all the different options, so that if their passion is basketball, baseball, or soccer, there are some opportunities to travel and play and simulate some of the things that are currently being done in hockey.
Getting back to this year-round training for hockey, as you said, soccer has skills that transfer tremendously to hockey. I think what we want to do is provide opportunities for mass participation, so that everybody gets an opportunity to play all these different sports. Then we can identify those people that have the special skills and get them to elite camps and get them when they are 12 to 15 years of age when they really want to excel and maybe choose a sport. There are avenues for them in other sports, not just in hockey.