from the CP at Sportsnet,
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Tuesday afternoon that little progress had been made with respect to the league’s participation in the 2018 Games. Daly said the league was recently updated on talks between the International Ice Hockey Federation and International Olympic Committee, and those talks didn’t look good.
“I’m not going to handicap it, but what I’d say is I think time is very short to make a decision and I’m not sure there’s been a lot of progress made in the past six months,” Daly said ahead of the World Cup of Hockey final between Canada and Europe. “And I’m not sure there’s any prospect of progress being made.
“So on the basis of that I would say I’m more negative today than I was two weeks ago.”
from Nick Butler of inside the game,
It is hoped the two parties will meet again in November ahead of a January deadline for a final decision.
"I think it is [a] 50-50 chance," Fasel told Associated Press.
"Our job at the IIHF is find solution.
"I will go everywhere and anywhere to beg for the money.
"That is my job."...
In total, the IOC were thought to have contributed around $14 million (£10 million/€13 million) for Sochi 2014.
Around half of this amount was on transportation.
This comes alongside around $18 million (£12.5 million/€16 million) contributed by the IIHF for Sochi.
Fasel is confident they can reduce the transportation and insurance costs for Pyeongchang 2018 and estimates the total figure will come to around $10 million (£7 million/€9 million) this time around.
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