Vancouver 2010 Olympic Security Plans

[A Black Falcon]

That's kind of my point, actually. We have a league in which 80% of the teams are in the United States, but only 22% of the players are actually American.

If the NFL or the NBA imported most of its talent from abroad, it would kill a considerable amount of interest. As it stands, both leagues draw primarily from a huge college program, and many NFL/NBA stars were already famous and established talent before they turned pro. Unfortunately for American hockey, such a system is untenable in the United States, short of an acute Ice Age.

Yeah, as I said several times in the thread already, places without long-term winter ice and snow just are never going to be seriously interested in hockey. Too much of the country doesn't get enough snow.