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Originally Posted by dobbles
Really baffled by all the responses that blame the greedy players over this. It's not like the owners are any better. If anything it's short sighted by not participating. If the nil wants to grow it's fan base it has to look outside north America and the Olympics are a prime way to do that. Additionally, ratings for the nhl games those 2 weeks will suffer. Even though the Asian time difference makes viewing live unlikely, I am sure there will be lots of households watching replays of figure skating, curlinf, etc.
I guess I just see it as a bad business decision to not participate. I get the problems it causes, bit seems worth it to me. But the greedy owners can't be bothered to do anything that doesn't directly benefit them. (See how easy it is to play that card)
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Owners offered to allow the players to go if they extended the CBA 2-3 years.
Players rejected it.
I'm not an expert but the current cba seems pretty fair for the players.
I think the players will be unlikely to win any big concessions during the next inevitable work stoppage so I dont have much sympathy that they want another half season to happen earlier than neccesary.