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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I dont think Americans watch the Olympics as sport. They watch it like a drama like a tv show. This is seen by showing the Olympics as a taped delayed tv show with 100 commercials. Just like any tv show the heros are in US Jerseys and the villians are the rest. The US wins and they cheer for a second cause the hero won. To then go watch the sport of hockey after that? That would actually require work.
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Do you have any proof/statistics to back this up? I'm in Houston for work currently and would have to disagree. It's on TV and the people here do talk about it. The TV coverage is directed only at US athletes obviously but they still have success at winter sports.
The US is the most patriotic country in the world so of course they are going to support their Athletes and hope that they defeat all other countries in any sport. The summer Olympics are more popular but there's still a huge following for the winter games. I was actually surprised at how many of my co-workers enjoy watching Curling and want to try it out.
It's absurd to think that having NHLers in the Olympics doesn't affect the growth of the sport. At the very least it would cause European hockey fans to see the talent level they are missing out on and how much more exciting NHL hockey is.