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Originally Posted by landshark
What happens to the Pens if Crosby suffers a career ending injury in Sochi? Do they still have to pay off that HUGE contract? They will certainly lose the services of the best player in the world. 'Greedy American' owners and the virtuous Canadian owners have a damned good reason to object - they have a lot to lose for no compensation except a some free advertising. I consider myself a 'greedy' consumer for insisting that they take the chance anyway because I want to see the games. And of course, I suffer no risk at all...
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The contracts are all covered by insurance. The premiums, however, are so high that the Canadian team's summer evaluation camp didn't even involve on-ice practices.