Nothing but special snowflakes, here.

[clubgop]

Do you not read bro? Are you this dumb? The IOC doesn't take a hit. NBC does, but not the IOC. You have no leverage, bitch. Maybe you should crawl to NBC make that a part of a new TV deal.

The IOC takes a hit at the live gate too, and in merchandise sales, etc.
They lose money, they just care more about politics, crazy but true, that's how fucked up the IOC is.

No they don't. They already are getting paid on the front end there as well. You'll only be screwing the host country and they always get screwed anyways. The NHL is some small time hoodlums trying to fight the five families that is the IOC. They can ignore you or crush you.

[clubgop]

what ever igloo channel Canada is already paying the IOC most likely.

The Igloo channel is Bell and Rogers, and they've paid twice what NBC paid for the NHL rights, they would much rather have the Leafs and Habs playing than have the Leafs and Habs shutdown for the Olympics, make no mistake.

The Leafs and Habs is 80% of what they paid for, don't need to shut that down for the Olympics, ever.

Well that is another reason for the IOC not to play ball.

[StCapps]

Do you not read bro? Are you this dumb? The IOC doesn't take a hit. NBC does, but not the IOC. You have no leverage, bitch. Maybe you should crawl to NBC make that a part of a new TV deal.

The IOC takes a hit at the live gate too, and in merchandise sales, etc.
They lose money, they just care more about politics, crazy but true, that's how fucked up the IOC is.

No they don't. They already are getting paid on the front end there as well. You'll only be screwing the host country and they always get screwed anyways. The NHL is some small time hoodlums trying to fight the five families that is the IOC. They can ignore you or crush you.

The NHL is the Winter Olympics, the IOC are incompetent dumbasses, even dumber than the NHL, whether you can see it or not.

[StCapps]

what ever igloo channel Canada is already paying the IOC most likely.

The Igloo channel is Bell and Rogers, and they've paid twice what NBC paid for the NHL rights, they would much rather have the Leafs and Habs playing than have the Leafs and Habs shutdown for the Olympics, make no mistake.

The Leafs and Habs is 80% of what they paid for, don't need to shut that down for the Olympics, ever.

Well that is another reason for the IOC not to play ball.

If the IOC played ball they would make more money, but they don't care about money, they care about pointless grandstanding far more apparently. Next level incompetence, they are the dumbest sporting organization on the entire planet, by a long shot.

[Smitty-48]

If Rogers and the NHL gave a rats ass about the Olympics, they'd be at the Olympics, nothing says don't give a rats ass about the Olympics, like not even bothering to show up. It's not a money maker for them, it's a money loser, ergo, they don't care.

[StCapps]

If Rogers and the NHL gave a rats ass about the Olympics, they'd be at the Olympics, nothing says don't give a rats ass about the Olympics, like not even bothering to show up. It's not a money maker for them, it's a money loser, ergo, they don't care.

The IOC should care, yet they don't. They don't even care about their own best interests, it doesn't get any more incompetent than that, stupidest sporting organization ever.

[Smitty-48]

Rogers and the NHL will make money by having the Leafs and Habs play for the two weeks of the Olympics, if they shutdown for the Olympics, they lose money, the math of going to the Olympics doesn't add up, unless the Olympics belly up to the bar with a much better deal.

[clubgop]

Want to know what winter Olympic sports are talked about the most by each country?


Most people even in Canada care most about figure skating.

Most watched winter Olympic sport worldwide in 2014? Ski jumping. Ice hockey only second.

This is trash. This does not help matters.

Facebook mentions are not a solid indicator of anything.

It's also of week 1, figure skating is at the heart of its program and handing out medals while the hockey tournament isn't even done with pool play.

[StCapps]

Rogers and the NHL will make money by having the Leafs and Habs play for the two weeks of the Olympics, if they shutdown for the Olympics, they lose money, the math of going to the Olympics doesn't add up, unless the Olympics belly up to the bar with a much better deal.

Yeah but then the IOC would make money instead of losing it because the NHL refuses to show, and that would require some level of competence, which they do not have. They would rather be the poorest run sports organization imaginable, just to show the limits of human incompetence, that must be their goal, given their actions.

[clubgop]

If Rogers and the NHL gave a rats ass about the Olympics, they'd be at the Olympics, nothing says don't give a rats ass about the Olympics, like not even bothering to show up. It's not a money maker for them, it's a money loser, ergo, they don't care.

The IOC should care, yet they don't. They don't even care about their own best interests, it doesn't get any more incompetent than that, stupidest sporting organization ever.

It isn't in there best intreat when they can not pay a bunch of college kids to play for 3/5 the ratings. And as I said they sin't paying anyway, NBC is.