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Originally Posted by Philly06Cup
IIHF is a known corrupt entity. Screw them.
The World Cup for soccer is much more respected than Olympic gold. If you care about best-on-best Nation based hockey, you should want the NHL to run it, and want this (or the World Cup) to succeed.
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The World Cup of soccer is organized by arguably the MOST corrupt organization, FIFA. Yet its prestige is unmatched in all of sports.
The fact that a league (business) is organizing this 'international' event cheapens it right off the bat. It even has a gimmicky name.
Imagine if the premier league in England (the best soccer league currently) decided they are going to invite the top 12 nations to a tournament mid season. 99% of soccer fans would dismiss the tournament as nothing but a money grab by the premier league, and no one would be hyped about it. And they would be right.