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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
If they were getting a hundred million dollars a year from the federal government, they wouldn't be privately owned. Our tax dollars would be funding athletes. They'd just happen to be really well paid ones, and doing a sport that Canadians care more about than any other.
It's a silly point though, and not something anyone is actually interested in seeing happen, so I really don't know why I bothered responding, but it's too late now.
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A government owned NHL is still something I think you can't compare. The athlete most likely cannot go and compete for another country they are stuck with what they got. It's fine if you don't feel Canada should be investing money into our athletes but I feel I have brought up some decent points showing why I think they should and that they could do it without radically changing taxes.