Hockey and European constitution

As it has been every other year since 1996, the Czechs won the World championships in Ice Hockey. We are a hockey nation, the attendance in the czech hockey league is even higher than in the football league. Considering the smaller arenas and the fact, that many of them use to be sold out, it's rather surprising in the eyes of other europeans where football is way ahead of any other sport. How does this relate to the issue of european constitution? Well, although there are much more hockey experts in our country than constitution experts, and the average avareness of the quality of czech players is very high, nobody would ever consider to ask the public, who should get to the national squad and who should stay home. It's entirelly up to the coach and his assistents. In contrast, just a fraction of Czechs have read the European constitution and just a fraction of those who read it know all the procedures and reasons that lead to their approval in the European parliament. And still, most of the polititians and the public insist on the referendum. I am in absolute oposition against direct democracy in a system, in which the parliament and not all citizens elects the president of the country, as is the case in the Czech Republic. Regarding the european constitution itself, I haven't read it and don't plan to do so, but what Europe needs most is simplification of its internal procedures and legislation, therefore I hope that our representatives vote for it.