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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
1) this is not an argument against the Olympics
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I'm not against the Olympics at all. I'm responding to posts here claiming an NHL pull-out from the Olympics would be some kind of catastrophe. It wouldn't. Those of us who remember fantastic elite international hockey in the Canada/World Cup aren't stuck on the notion of the Olympics as the only vehicle for that kind of tournament.
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I find this whole debate fascinating. Basically, the argument for a World Cup instead of the Olympics is that the Olympics don't really accomplish anything so what's the point?
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Where did I say that? The Olympics elevates the prominence of sports, including hockey. Sure. But I have doubts about how much the Olympics results in more people playing hockey competitively, or improves the quality of play in the NHL. Let's take your luge example. Despite the elevation of the sport that the Winter Olympics provides, have you personally ever gone to live luge event? Spent any money as a fan of the sport? Encouraged your kids to participate in luge? Probably not. It's probably just a once-every-four-years curiosity. The same way hockey is to 80 per cent of the people who watch it at the Olympics (and another 15 per cent are already hardcore fans).