Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Dawson ya gana da jami'an kungiyar wasannin Olympics ta Kanada a karshen watan Janairu, kuma ya ba da shawarar taron hadin gwiwa tare da Ahearne da Brundage don neman karin bayani game da cancantar shiga wasannin Olympics dangane da son rai da ƙwarewa. Dawson ya so ya guji yin sulhu game da gasar Olympics ta 1976 ta Vancouver, amma ya ji cewa ba zai yiwu dan wasan hockey na Kanada ba ya buga wasa da kwararru a wani lokaci. Hockey Canada da CAHA sun nemi yin amfani da kwararru a rukunin A na 1971 Ice Hockey World Championships
Ka yi haƙuri. IIHF ta ƙi kuma a maimakon haka ta gayyaci ƙungiyar 'yan ƙasar Kanada don yin wasa a cikin Rukunin B. Dawson ya ƙi kuma ya bayyana cewa matsayin Kanada game da kwararru a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya bai canza ba.