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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
What is the empirical evidence you refer to? These arguments seem more like an appeal to authority.
If Alex Ovechkin goes to the Olympics and you become a fan of his and the game of hockey, it is to the NHL’s advantage.
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As long as we're playing the logical fallacy game, you're arguing - among others - appeal to emotion.
And the empirical evidence I refer to is the reams of data the NHL will have collected on what impact the Olympics has on NHL TV viewership, ticket sales, merchandise sales, fan engagement, etc. Both month to month within a season and comparative in seasons before, during and after Olympic years.
There had been rumblings for *years* about how little value the governors saw in the proposition. Even before the Vancouver Olympics, there was some speculation that 2010 might end up the last time the NHL went - and that was before John Tavares' injury raised the risk profile substantially from their perspective.