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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Ever seen a CFL draft? All the truly top Canadian football prospects rarely get picked in the first round because teams know they intend to exhaust their NFL opportunities. I don't see Canadian fans up in arms as who would want to stand in the way of a Canadian bettering his career?
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There's a world of difference between seeing a player go to a league in a neighbouring country where every game is broadcast in your language, than see them go halfway around the world to play in a league you're unlikely to get any television coverage of, and if you do that coverage is in another language.
You're kidding yourself if you honestly don't think Canadians would be ticked off to see Crosby, Toews, Doughty, Price, etc. play in Russia, where we could watch maybe one game a week on a specialty euro sports channel, broadcast at 3 am in Russian.