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Originally Posted by Itse
Hockey Canada also has the unique advantage that they could propably easily make a deal with the NHL to organize another World Cup, which is very close in prestige to the Olympic Gold.
Basicly they could have their cake and eat it.
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Would Russia participate though?
See that's where boycotting loses its real ability to mean anything. You do it to them....they will in turn do it to you. Not that it should be a huge deterrent in making a statement, but its just the reality of things.
Boycotting Sochi wont make a lick of difference to the Russians, period. In fact it will only allow their medal haul to be greater and that is something that simply cannot be allowed as that is where they get a great deal of satisfaction from.
If an athlete wants to say "screw you" to the Russians as a protest individually, then they should be allowed to and without consequence. Beyond that though, governments should stay clear from making political statements through athletic performance.