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Originally Posted by sureLoss
2006 and 2010 Olympic participation was explicitly guaranteed in the 2005 CBA.
Don't think it would have been too hard to extend that to further Olympics.
According to Bettman and Burke, the players didn't even bring up the Olympics in the 2013 CBA negotiations.
edit: The players allowed the Olympic participation guarantee to fall out of the CBA without a word.
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It doesn’t need to be in the CBA for them to participate though. I’m not saying they should or shouldn’t be going, and if the players are upset then yes they absolutely dropped the ball if it was that important to them. I just disagree with the statement that it’s their fault they aren’t going. The league decided they would not participate if they didn’t get an extension on the current CBA, so is it the leagues fault for not offering a better deal?