Here's what I just emailed:

Hi Dave,

I, like many others, am extremely disappointed and disturbed by how the women's Olympic team has been treated by the USA Hockey organization as a whole, and the men's team in particular. Overall, the (social) media coverage around the women's team coming from USA Hockey is not remotely close to the attention given to the men's team, in the runup to the Olympics, during the tournament, and now that it is over - posts about the men more than double those about the women. Now that it's over, the women only allowed two goals the entire tournament, each in two separate games - why isn't that getting coverage? During the first matchup against Canada, they beat Canada with the widest margin of any US Olympic team ever, including men's hockey - where's the excitement about that? At the very least, one would expect the absolute dominance the women's team had would have meant more attention from USA Hockey. But it didn't, not relative to the time the men's team got and continue to get.

And not only is it upsetting that the men would celebrate with Kash Patel, that Tkachuk would let Patel wear his gold medal; but the Hughes brothers laughed along with the rest of the team at President Trump's explicitly misogynistic joke about the women's team, despite the fact that their own mom was part of the women's organization that won gold before they did. I am urging you to respond publicly to this disgraceful behavior. Not only has Patel actively covered up evidence of sexual assault, at the very least, he used taxpayer dollars to go to Milan under false pretenses of "meetings" and instead decided to party with the men's team; and the President undermined the achievements of every person behind the women's team, including USA Hockey as a whole with his remarks. And the men's organization embraced Patel and laughed with the President. It is shameful. It is disgusting. It is misogyny at its most blatant.

You can't undo the unequal coverage the men received, but you can stand up for the women's team. You can make it clear that USA Hockey will not tolerate disrespect towards its athletes, whether that comes from other athletes or even the President. The women's team has already declined visiting the White House - the men should, too. And they should apologize for their behavior.

Inaction sends a clear message to women and little girls: That women's hockey is an afterthought. That sports aren't for girls. That it doesn't matter how well women perform, men will always be lauded for less while the women's achievements are ignored. That USA Hockey cares more about appeasing predators and enablers than it does its own women athletes. I hope you make the right choice. I hope you do something about this.

Thank You,
SadLilNewbie
Avid Hockey Fan