However, they are usually made up of participants and their families. Over here, the Super League ice hockey teams are very interested in being involved with roller hockey. They may be used to playing on different skates, but the essence of the game is the same. As any sales manual will tell you, your best customer is an old customer. Until then it will be a joke.
Nobody wants to watch a semipro ice hockey player try and skate on wheels and call it a pro sport.
I had to raise this question since it is the most commonly asked question surrounding this great game of inline hockey. My answer is fairly simple. Inline hockey is still a relatively young sport, including here in the United States. I also believe that the Federation Internationale de Roller Skating and USA Roller Skating share in that same vision. Inclusion in the Olympic Games is very difficult for any sport to attain.