IOC won't be compensating NHL for using players, but...

[Killion]

Ah, but that begs the age old question: "Who will bell the cat(s)?"

Monks from the Priory of Scion along with Gary Bettman, Fehr, Medvedev & the heads of the Ice Hockey Federations throughout Europe. "The Crusaders". Books will be written, movies made, curriculum vitae in every post secondary institution's sports management & law faculties hallowed halls for decades, nay, centuries to come. Bursaries, lecture tours...

 

[MaskedSonja]

Monks from the Priory of Scion along with Gary Bettman, Fehr, Medvedev & the heads of the Ice Hockey Federations throughout Europe. "The Crusaders". Books will be written, movies made, curriculum vitae in every post secondary institution's sports management & law faculties hallowed halls for decades, nay, centuries to come. Bursaries, lecture tours...

Is that a refrain of "we're in the money" in the background?


going back to the subject, I agree about the enabling, and the NHL needs intervention, to say (to quote the words of Susan Powter-ooo a name from the past!-"Stop The Insanity!" and cut off their IIHF addiction.....

 

[DoyleG]

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=5993055



Under the current NBC deals, 12.75% of the US rights fees go to the US Olympic Committee.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2003-06-06-nbc_x.htm

Its gonna be interesting to see if NBC can keep up with the price as they have done in the past. Especially since those high payouts for TV have started to burn them.