I don't know whether it jeopardizes the sport. It just makes life damned hard. That's the bottom line. We're working. We're training. There is no wasted time. I was at school and working at a job. I was playing hockey and going to an Ivy League school. I was also going away to Team Canada training camps. You have to learn good time management, I guess.
For sure, you will see our careers.... Also on the length of one's career, there have been a few girls on my hockey team who have retired early due to injuries. You will see the length of careers also extend. People are drained going to work and going to train. It's not the ideal situation.
We do need to put more money into our junior national team programs, because those are the kids who are really suffering. If you're one of the top female athletes in the world, you're going to get those private sponsorship deals, but it's the ones who are just below that level or just about to make it there who are really scraping by and having a hard time getting that funding.