2018 Winter Olympics

tempo_n_groove said:

PJ_Soul said:

The problem is that in most sports the amateur athletes are the best at their sport. But when it comes to hockey, the best at that sport are also in the NHL. I don't find that the "amateur" argument works in this case because of that. The Olympics are for the BEST athletes from each country too. I always agreed with the fact that they made an exception to that amateur rule for hockey.

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If an athlete is an amateur then they are not the best in their sport.  A "pro"fessional is the best.

That goes for every sport.  Not everyone can be Bobby Jones.

I wasn’t aware that there was a professional biathalon league. 
Shes talking about Olympic sports. 

tempo_n_groove said:

cutz said:

KC138045 said:

cutz said:

Wobbie said:

Jason P said:

Damn shame that Gary Bettman killed Olympic men's hockey.  I could give zero fucks on who medals. 

fuck the NBA for ever putting pros in the olympics.

It wasn't the NBA, from what i recall. It was the rest of the World that wanted the NBA players in the Olympics to broaden the game. Which it has. A lot of foreign players playing in the NBA say that seeing the Dream Team play in the Olympics was the reason they played basketball. 

Agree on the Hockey: A LOT of juice is taken away without the NHL players. I watch some of the games, but not most, or all, of the games like i use to. 

I'm just about to read my Local Sports paper and this sums up the Olympic Hockey in this Headline: "Olympic hockey with the excitement of the AHL" (The AHL is Minor League Hockey).

I'm sure I'm in the minority but I'm happy that NHL players are not competing in the Olympics this year.  Olympics are for amateur athletes.  Plus I don't like the break it causes in the regular season.  I'd take watching two weeks of meaningful NHL games over Olympic hockey any day.

I think real Amateur athletes have not been in the Olympics for decades, now.

I also think that most NHL players really want to play in the Olympics as its the biggest, and best , Hockey that is played.  The NHL season is way too long, so a 2 week break, that only happens once every 4 years, is no big deal. Give me the best VS the best over any NHL regular season game in February. 

The owners of the teams HATE this.  If a player gets hurt then their team is screwed.

I believe it was Ovechkin that told the owner of the Caps to go pound sand and he was playing in the olympics?

That's more of an excuse that the league falls back on.  If they were really all that concerned about injuries then they would not have an all-star game or the world cup of hockey.  It was short sited decision by the NHL. They were not going to receive direct compensation so they pulled.  The league also offered the players a chance to go if they extended the current CBA, the players said no...so it also was not that important for the players...they'll be in Beijing...here's where I have a problem with the players...why didn't they call out Betman and tell him "no Korea then no more hockey will be played by us outside of NA.  Just my take.  

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Still waiting for hockey.
All I see is skiing and jumping.

Hockey has started ... I’m currently watching Canada vs Czech Republic.

Meltdown99 said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Still waiting for hockey.
All I see is skiing and jumping.

Hockey has started ... I’m currently watching Canada vs Czech Republic.

The channel covering it here ain't showing it

lastexitlondon said:

Thats such an aussie song choice  . Yeah that bitch show boating last time pissed me off seeing that. Got what she deserved.

Who was show boating? I only saw the guy dancing.

Meltdown99 said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Meltdown99 said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Still waiting for hockey.
All I see is skiing and jumping.

Hockey has started ... I’m currently watching Canada vs Czech Republic.

The channel covering it here ain't showing it

Does your network that has the Olympics live stream all events.  I might be spoiled, our network that has the rights to the Olympic offer free streaming of all events...I’m currently watching curling

Not sure haha. I hardly watch TV. I see my parents watching it in the other room and it is never hockey.
Maybe there is a second channel. It is on Channel 7 here but there are other Channels it has like 7Two which you can switch to during the Australian Open to view other matches.

What's up with Robert Johannson's fake porn mustache?

lastexitlondon said:

The freestyle skiing is skilful as fuck. Im in awe of the skill and bravery

The slopestyle skiing seems so extreme that I keep wondering who invented it.