While at Sundance last week, I met Victor Method, Deedee Corradini (former Mayor of Salt Lake City), and Peter Jerome, a fascinating trio who have been working since 2004 to convince the Olympic Committee to allow a Women’s Ski Jumping event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. In fact, ski jumping is the only Winter sport in the Olympics without an event for women! Thus far, they have been turned down repeatedly.

Because of this, many young women will lose their once- in- a-lifetime chance to compete, because by 2014 they will be past their prime. Since time is of the essence, I am rushing to bring your attention to this important issue. I hope you will take it upon yourselves to go to their website, read more about the situation, and add your name to the list of people who are petitioning to rectify this wrong. Ski Jumping is currently a “Men Only” affair, and we ladies cannot stand for that! The young female athletes are ready, willing and experienced, and it is our opinion here at Dish that they MUST BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE! If we can have a woman President, we can have female Olympic Ski Jumpers. Don’t let anyone get away with saying otherwise!

Go to WWW.WSJ2010.COM and let your voice be heard!

SHOULD WOMEN BE ALLOWED TO SKI JUMP IN THE 2010 OLYMPICS? YOU DECIDE!

Myth: There are not enough women ski jumping for it to be included in the Olympic Winter Games.
Fact: Over 130 women from 16 nations are registered as international competitors with the International Ski Federation (FIS). Hundreds more compete in their own countries at the national and club levels. View more information here.

Myth: Women are not good enough to compete at the World Cup level.
Fact: The FIS Continental Cup format is used for the elite level of women's international competition. In 2004 organizers from ski jumping nations chose to forgo asking the FIS for a Women's World Cup tour in order to reduce production costs and facilitate growth in the sport.

Myth: Women's ski jumping is not developed enough. There is not enough "universality"
Fact: 16 Nations (AUT, CAN, CZE, FIN, FRA, GER, ITA, JAP, NED, NOR, POL, RUS, SLO, SWE, SUI, & USA) have women registered as international competitors with the FIS. This season’s Continental Cup tour will include 25 events hosted by 8 countries in Europe, North America, and Asia.

Myth: Only a few women athletes can jump respectably.
Fact: 35 different athletes from 9 nations have placed within the top 10 in FIS Continental Cup competition during the past two seasons. The depth of field parallels the men's tour.

Myth: There must be two World Championship competitions held before an event can be included in the Olympics.
Fact: This criterion has had exceptions made in the past. The most notable being the inclusion of the women's marathon event in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics after a single World Championship in 1983. The first Women's Ski Jumping World Championship will be held in Liberec, Czech Republic in 2009. By 2010 there will have been four World Junior Championships.

Myth: There is not room on the 2010 program to include the women jumpers.
Fact: Currently there are six men's ski jumping medal events (three ski jumping and three Nordic Combined) planned over six days. A single women's event could be scheduled on available days.

Myth: The cost of including a women's event on the 2010 program would be prohibitive.
Fact: Women ski jump on the identical jumps that the Men use. The venue would not be required to be modified in any way.

Please go to WWW.WSJ2010.COM and let your voice be heard!