The Olympic effect?

[thecesspit]

It's said that England has a boost in the economic fortunes when they do well in the World Cup. Canada just won the ice hockey Gold medal in the olympics, which is pretty much the equivalent in terms of highest national game played. Victoria went crazy, with more horns, cowbells and flag waving than you can shake a (hockey) stick at. Downtown

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[thecesspit]

Hate every minute of it :)

[undyingking]

England has a boost in the economic fortunes when they do well in the World Cup

I'm not sure the sample size for that claim is really big enough to make it statistically significant!

BTW, is there no regular international ice hockey competition other than in the Olympics? And if not, why not?

[thecesspit]

Well, this is true enough, but I have heard all sorts of 'how good the world works when England play in Euros/World Cup

[undyingking]

Mm, in football this tendency to creep extra games into the gap between the end of the league and the start of World Cup / Euros has to be resisted I think. It's bad enough already with the FA Cup and European finals, plus the lower division promotion playoffs (whch don't affect the England team, but do other countries' players). The recent suggestion to add a playoff for the 4th Champions League place is typically greedy. But I guess any such games are by their nature bound to be well-attended and lucrative.

[thecesspit]

Ah, that's the way you want to take it.

Well done!