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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
people dont care anymore in my opinion. there is no cold war, its not a source of national pride and we are so overwhelmed with extreme sports of every kind that it just seems silly these days to sit and watch pole vaulting or luge or whatever.
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Maybe the people you know don't care, but I'm quite thankful that there are still many many millions of people in the world who do care, who do love not only the traditional Olympic sports but the newer "more extreme" ones as well. Did you know that in Norway they regard their top cross country skiers as near-gods? And in several countries including Austria, Switzerland and Italy their downhillers are all each like Gretzkys or Jordans to thier people each with their own fan base. In Germany the top bobsledders are some of the best in the world and are regarded as being larger than life. Don't get me started on speedskaters in some of those countries.
People don't care? You've got to be kidding dude.
As for Americans.... many care. They care quite a bit actually. Winning Olympic medals is very important to a lot of people in the US. Do you think they would have multi-million dollar sponsorships and advertisers and millions more in facility and training dollars if no one cared??
Hockey ---
Don't discount the Fins OR the Swiss OR Slovakia. Sweden too for that matter. Yak about it all you guys want but those teams all have a lot more depth right now than they did at any previous major world event.
But don't count Canada out just yet either. :D