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Originally Posted by GirlySports
You all know my position on this. They should have never gone to Nagano and instead promoted the World Cup where the money goes into their pockets.
2000 World Cup should have been hosted in the new Sunbelt markets with the US as defending champs. The World Cup could be huge now. Want to grow hockey in Asia? Give them one berth and a piece of the pie in a 16 team World Cup.
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The problem is, you're talking about essentially pre-season hockey with players out of game shape and only half invested in winning. Nobody can argue that the motivation factor at the Olympics is about as high as it gets outside of the playoffs and it makes for a great product.