John MacKinnon of The Edmonton Journal looks at roller sports' Olympic prospects in his article "Politics aside, IOC has a decision to make".

I can see the fit with roller sports: it hooks in that young demographic, after all. The soundtrack is hip. And how can you exclude it when you've already wooed snowboard cross, bump skiing, and their gnarly companions?

Easy. You tell the summer hot-doggers if they want to show it off at the Olympics, buy a touque and layer up.

More of MacKinnon's views on the seven candidate sports are found in the article, click here!