(NEWS ALERT - JOHN AND MIKE AGREE ON SOMETHING)
Mike - we hear the phrase "knew or should have known" all the time in court cases. You can bet that will be raised in the lawsuit which follows.

>I just did my morning news surf and feel less willing now to let it go as "these things happen." It turns out there was concern about the course even before this happened among lugers, bobsledders, and skeletoners. (Or whatever you call those riders -- what an odd phrase for an athlete). The Whistler course had the reputation of being the world's fastest, with a dangerous turn just before the end which a U.S. bobsled rider dubbed "the 50-50 curve" -- your odds of not wiping out. Compounding this is talk that Canadian officials denied practice time on the track to sledders from other countries to gain a competitive advantage. I'm sure this isn't what they had in mind, but you have to think additional practice time would have been beneficial.
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>IMO they should insulated everything along the course. A steel pole! -- jeez.
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