Even if you didn’t read my blog post yesterday about the disrespect of the 7-time medal-winning (since 2000) US women’s Olympic hockey team, you no doubt heard about it somewhere on the internet. To recap:
- After the US men’s Olympic hockey team won gold, US president T***p spoke to them on the phone, inviting them to the White House, adding he thought he would also have to invite the women, lest he be impeached (for a third time).
- The hockey players laughed along with T***p, joining in the mocking of their Olympic hockey teammates.
- The US women’s hockey team politely declined an invitation to the White House, issued after the invitation to the men’s team.
- Flavor Flav— who, among other things, is the “dedicated hype man” for US Women’s Water Polo, and now apparently, US Women’s Hockey– invited the women’s team to come to Las Vegas for a big party. He has since expanded the invitation to include all female Olympic and Paralympic medalists. You can see for yourself below:
Mr. Flav hasn’t filled out the details of the upcoming festivities, but I can imagine it will be quite the party.
However, I can’t help but think that it would be nice to come up with other ways to express our appreciation for them (and their friends and fellow athletes who also haven’t been sufficiently noticed and feted). Herewith, a few party ideas:
- Special axe-throwing events for them to attend, either in person or via Zoom, where the bullseyes have been replaced by, say, images of the faces of politicians who need to learn lessons of respect.
2. A complimentary tour of the Hoover Dam, since they’re going to be in Las Vegas already and it’s really close. Also, my sister, niece, nephews and I really enjoyed it when we went.
3. My friend James, who lives in Las Vegas and knows the local music scene very well, could show them his favorite bars and hot spots. He also has a nice dog named Baxter and I bet he would let them pet him.
4. There could be a virtual book swap where we Zoom in to present five of our favorite books from the past year for the women’s hockey team members to choose from, then mail the books to them. No doubt these players have all been busy training and haven’t had much time to catch up on their reading. Doesn’t that sound like fun? I think so.
5. Maybe we can ask those nice guys from Heated Rivalry to come to a special dinner just for them– oh, wait a minute– that one is just for me. Never mind…
Dearest readers, feel free to share your party ideas in the comments below.