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Originally Posted by dissentowner
When only China and none of the world will watch that it is a problem. The revenue generated by having NHL players there will mean much more to China than what their hockey team does.
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It will have no impact on any revenue generated. The vast majority of revenue comes from the long-term sponsorship and broadcast rights deals. Those have been locked in for years. It's not like the CBC is going to tell the IOC they're only going to pay 75% of what was agreed to because the NHL isn't going.
They have announced that spectators will be allowed to attend the games, but other than saying tickets will only be available to residents of mainland China, they still haven't announced any other plans for ticket distribution and we're less than 8 weeks from the start of the Games.
The average person who gets a ticket to a hockey game won't know a McDavid from a McFlurry.
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Sucks to be those teams who took the revenue. I guess they’ll get to sit on the sidelines for 3 weeks and then play a condensed schedule the rest of the way, while everyone else gets more balance.
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Every game needs a road team, so they just need to put the teams who don't have available dates at home on extended road trips.