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Originally Posted by Vulcan
You do understand that the Olympics aren't this white knight bringing the games just out of kindness. They want their cut and from what I know they don't pay the NHL or their players much. The NHL and the players do it to promote the game and that's about it.
The World Cup will return money to the NHL and to the Players Association. Yeah I guess it's just another money grab but at least it goes to the people responsible for building the game and not some Irish Olympic committee big wig scalper.
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That's well and fine.
So what makes the NHL so vastly superior to the NBA or Professional Soccer? These organizations are sending their best players to the Olympics without complaining about not making their dollar out of it. Not to mention these leagues have players with contracts way larger than NHL stars.