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Originally Posted by thefoss1957
It is NOT the hockey, necessarily, I have come to despise the whole over bloated a corrupt institution. I have no use for flag waving jingoism...and these athletes, IMO, are in it for cash, and individual glory...NOT for the honor of representing their countries. The rampant use of PEDs and judged event score trading is proof of that... And the whole "cold war" proxy war of superiority that had developed through the 50's and 60's into the 90s, unnecessarily reduced what once was pure amateur event into the tainted mess that it is today.
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Okay, I see what you are getting at now and in some sense I agree with you. The corruption in the majority of high level sports bodies is so obvious but no one can prove it, the IOC, FIFA, UEFA, they are all the same.
I just get touchy when I read continually read NA hockey fans slagging off the olymics and the world championships. You have the opportunity to go and see live the best league in the world, with the best players, on a regular basis but unfortunately the vast majority of us don't and we only have opportunities like the olympics and the WC's to do so.