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Originally Posted by MattyC
I agree it would be a sham from a Canadian perspective. I disagree that the nations that ended up winning would hold it in that regard. I think we're just going to have to drop this point and agree to disagree. Again, what if the Canadians were in it, Russia won gold and beat Belarus, Germany, Switzerland and the US along the way and Canada wasn't even in the medal round? Whats the difference? Canada would be an after thought. Does Sweden care that Canada was terrible in 06? No.
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What's the difference? Umm, the fact that a team was entered and competed. A team struggling is a whole hell of a lot different than a team not even being entered. Does Canada care that Tommy Salo lost his mind for a second against Belarus? Not really, but that's part of sports. Sometimes games or tournaments have unexpected results, but the point is that the games actually take place. When you remove a team that is clearly a contender the entire tournament is surrounded by question marks.
And it wouldn't just be a sham from a Canadian perspective, it would be a sham from any intelligent perspective. Just as any medals won in 1980 should be viewed as questionable when so many top contenders weren't present (setting aside the whole doping issue) any rational person would have to consider the fact that the event didn't feature the top competition.
To your edit, I don't have any expectation that a boycott would change any ideologies, that's not my goal. My goal is to not sanction or support anything to do with that backwater country.