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Originally Posted by Thunderball
Yes, but their hockey players don't play for Canada internationally (save the odd Nedved case) and sometimes them gaining the NHL edge is to our detriment internationally.
Its more they educate and steal our footballers (cause we're incompetent), we educate their hockey players. Still a fair trade?
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Thats pretty much it there. They bring some relatively unheard of Canadian in, they train him in their Academies with world class coaches and facilities, they expect a return.
Our players get crap for facilities all over the country, and thats if they can even get into them.
If the CSA werent staggeringly incompetent we wouldnt have this problem.
At the end of the day, its easy for a competitive player to say that they would prefer excellent training in the Netherlands and a chance to play on a team that contends at a world class level than the Canadian alternative which consists of:
Being largely ignored, poorly trained, underpaid and playing on the International Soccer Equivalent of the Edmonton Oilers.
Thats not a hard decision.