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Good news, this shit has zero impact on the game you're trying to watch.
Which is why banning it is so stupid. If you're such a huge bigot that being reminded that people who are different from you exist, and that reminder is enough to ruin hockey for you then that's on you.
Welp as other industries have learned when you pander to a small minority and alienate other fans your industry starts to collapse. Look at comic books or bud light.
You throw words like bigot around. But your just showing your ignorance. I just want to be able to enjoy entertainment without having causes shoved down my throat.
Would you be happy of the NHL allows Isreal flag tape and do Isreal pride night's? I don't want that shit either.
Bud light and comics are doing just fine.
Who told you otherwise? You might need to reevaluate your news sources.
You must be living under a rock
https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/06/27/comic-shop-owner-admits-new-marvel-and-dc-comics-sales-are-increasingly-slowing-down/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2019/10/08/surprising-new-data-shows-comic-readers-are-leaving-superheroes-behind/?sh=534b43964d68
https://www.comicsbeat.com/idw-layoffs-goes-dark-on-the-nyse/
Sales are going to continue to decline , they are down again over 2022
None of those give any connections to the drop in sales and then being inclusive.
The whole economy has been slowing down and people have less spare money. Did you know that when people have less money to spend the first thing they stop spending money on are luxuries.
"I wear pride stuff during pride month" is the new "I have a black friend".
People wanting to be treated equally shouldn't be seen as political speech. Increasing visibility for a group of people who have historically been largely made to hide shouldn't be seen as radical.
Based on your logic, we should also no longer allow anything that shows support for the cishet community. No more mention of the player's wives and children. I think that sounds fair, right?
How naive to think that there has never been any social or political commentary in sports. No Jackie Robinson, no Muhammad Ali, nothing. Right?
I didn't say there wasn't, I said there shouldn't. If players want to make political or social commentary, they should do it outside of the game itself. But once they're suited up and playing, it should be all about the game.
That sums up what you're saying, right?
What players do off the ice is irrelevant, what matters here is that there are teams that still want to do pride warmups, but they can't.
You haven't yet given a good reason for why teams shouldn't be able to use pride related jerseys during warmups, and that's because there really isn't a good reason.
I have no problem with teams using pride related jerseys during warmups and practices.
I thought this article was mostly discussing pride tape use during games.
True you're right.
I assumed this was the extension of the pride related equipment.
It just being tape used on stickes makes this even more unreasonable to be upset over. 😂
I know, right?
I'm happy to line up in protest over the NHL restricting jerseys and whatnot in warmups, but complaining about stick tape is silly.
Once the game starts, everyone should wear the same jerseys and tape their sticks the same way. That sounds reasonable to me.
How is this political? Is wearing pink for cancer political? Boggles my mind anyone would see it this way.
I didn't say it's political, I just said it distracts from the game.
I can maybe see it being allowed if all players have the same marking (e.g. an LGBT awareness week), but if each player can have something different, then that needs to be policed, which means someone needs to decide what is allowed and what isn't. Any time that happens, you get stupid issues like this where they'll allow one form of speech and disallow another, and the whole thing gets political.
So instead of making a list of things that are allowed, just have a policy of no speech on uniforms and sticks. That's simple and keeps focus on the game instead of whatever cause a player believes in.
Is it political or not chief lol?
I think you're missing one important thing about the NHL and Pro sports in general, it's never been about the game. It's entertainment to make money, that's all it's ever been. There is no "purity" or "for the love of the gave" just business.
I just don't understand where you're going with this. How is a rainbow, an expression of support for a range of identities of people, equally unacceptable in a sports environment as a literal "Vote [name] for President!" sticker or a political party flag?
It just feels like you're viewing the existence of certain people as "political."
Why are you so insistent that no focus be taken away from the game? Would a few players having differently-colored sticks or a little patch on their uniform really take your attention from the game?
Like, they're not out there doing a Broadway on ice performance, they're just putting some tape on sticks. The game doesn't change because of some tape. If you have trouble focusing on the game because the rainbow tape is distracting, that's probably a you issue. If you don't like what you see on your screen, you can either ignore it, or change the channel. Easy as that.