{"id":1775645,"date":"2022-12-15T06:48:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1775645"},"modified":"2022-12-15T06:48:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:48:57","slug":"blades-of-glory-parody-film-no-longer-a-joke-after-skating-league-goes-woke-redefines-term-team-for-competitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blades-of-glory-parody-film-no-longer-a-joke-after-skating-league-goes-woke-redefines-term-team-for-competitions\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Blades of Glory\u2019 Parody Film No Longer A Joke After Skating League Goes Woke, Redefines Term \u2018Team\u2019 For Competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblades-of-glory-parody-film-no-longer-a-joke-after-skating-league-goes-woke-redefines-term-team-for-competitions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1775645&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u201cBlades of Glory\u201d parody film is no longer a joke after a skating league in Canada went <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-rogan-torches-woke-culture-after-police-force-wants-permission-for-robots-to-use-deadly-force\">woke<\/a> when it announced it is redefining the term \u201cteam\u201d for \u201cpair and ice dance\u201d competitions in the name of gender diversity.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release on Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/skatecanada.ca\/2022\/12\/definition-of-team-updated-to-reflect-gender-diversity-across-the-podium-pathway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from<\/a> Skate Canada, the organization said it was extending its \u201cSkating for Everyone initiative\u201d in the Podium Pathway by updating the term \u201cteam\u201d to now consist of \u201ctwo skaters.\u201d The definition of \u201cteam\u201d previously meant \u201cone woman and one man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy updating the definition of team, many individuals in the figure skating community in Canada will have new opportunities to embrace the sport,\u201d Karen Butcher, President of Skate Canada shared, noting that the change was about \u201cremoving barriers to participation in skating\u201d that she said will ensure \u201call gender identities are recognized and accepted equally and without prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are pleased to be advancing our Skating for Everyone initiative with the updated definition of \u2018team\u2019 for pair and ice dance teams. <\/p>\n<p>The Podium Pathway definition of \u2018team\u2019 will be revised to \u2018a team consists of two skaters\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Details \u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sw1QG58Xv4\">https:\/\/t.co\/sw1QG58Xv4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Skate Canada \/ Patinage Canada (@SkateCanada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkateCanada\/status\/1602680508109946884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was necessary for the ice dance and pair world to change their definition of team from a man and a woman to just two people skating together, however they identify,\u201d Scott Moir, Skate Canada coach and Olympic Champion, added.<\/p>\n<p>The Podium Pathway is the route athletes who are looking to compete in national or international championships go through, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sports\/olympics\/winter\/figure-skating\/skate-canada-updates-policy-ice-dance-pairs-1.6684286\">CBC reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Skaters in this group can then ultimately compete at the World and Olympics Championship level, per <a href=\"https:\/\/skateontario.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DiscoveringPathways_Final.pdf\">Skate Ontario<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2007 parody ice skating film \u201cBlades of Glory,\u201d Will Ferrell and Jon Heder play two \u201crival Olympic ice skaters\u201d who \u201cwere stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men\u2019s single competition,\u201d according to a description on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0445934\/\">IMDb<\/a>. The two skaters find a \u201cloophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team\u201d and end up skating together in a bizarre twist on the typical rom-com of a male and female pair skating film.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>If you haven\u2019t ever seen the movie, check out the trailer above that gives you just a peek at this over-the-top film mocking ice skating competitions in what was once considered a ridiculous idea of two male skaters competing in a pair or ice dance competition \u2014 until now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cambridge-dictionary-adds-inclusive-definitions-of-man-and-woman\">Cambridge Dictionary Adds Woke Definitions Of \u2018Man\u2019 And\u00a0\u2018Woman\u2019<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cBlades of Glory\u201d parody film is no longer a joke after a skating league in Canada went woke when it announced it is redefining the term \u201cteam\u201d for \u201cpair and ice dance\u201d competitions in the name of gender diversity. 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