“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?
I’m not saying it’s political speech, I even mentioned commercial speech in there as well. I’m just saying that in a professional sports setting, it should be about the game, not whatever social, political, or economic issue the player is interested in.
No more mention of the player’s wives and children
Agreed. I don’t see any reason for a player to have their wife or children displayed on their sticks or anywhere on their uniform while playing. If there’s a section for a bio somewhere (like when they’re being announced coming onto the ice), it could mention their support for LGBT issues or their family life or whatever. They’d get a small blurb that can say whatever they want, perhaps audited for hate speech or commercial ads that are in conflict with whoever is advertising for that game.
But I don’t really see any reason for players to be advertising anything on their sticks or jerseys while playing. Whether a player is LGBT or supports LGBT issues should have no bearing on how they play the game.
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.
I’m just saying that a sporting event is not the place for social or political commentary, it’s a place for sports. I also think we shouldn’t play the national anthem as well. I feel the same about actors in a play, so I’m not treating sports special here.
If they want to push for some cause they believe in outside of their performance time, that’s fine, but during a performance, they should merely perform.
I sure hope not, because I absolutely cannot stand that woman.
Players should be free to say or do whatever they want on their own time, but when they’re playing, they should just play. If LeBron wants to run for office or something, more power to him, but he should keep that kind of thing off the court.
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 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?
I’m not saying it’s political speech, I even mentioned commercial speech in there as well. I’m just saying that in a professional sports setting, it should be about the game, not whatever social, political, or economic issue the player is interested in.
Agreed. I don’t see any reason for a player to have their wife or children displayed on their sticks or anywhere on their uniform while playing. If there’s a section for a bio somewhere (like when they’re being announced coming onto the ice), it could mention their support for LGBT issues or their family life or whatever. They’d get a small blurb that can say whatever they want, perhaps audited for hate speech or commercial ads that are in conflict with whoever is advertising for that game.
But I don’t really see any reason for players to be advertising anything on their sticks or jerseys while playing. Whether a player is LGBT or supports LGBT issues should have no bearing on how they play the game.
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?
I guess, if you take it to an extreme.
I’m just saying that a sporting event is not the place for social or political commentary, it’s a place for sports. I also think we shouldn’t play the national anthem as well. I feel the same about actors in a play, so I’m not treating sports special here.
If they want to push for some cause they believe in outside of their performance time, that’s fine, but during a performance, they should merely perform.
Are you Laura Ingraham? Because this sounds pretty much just like her saying “shut up and dribble”.
I sure hope not, because I absolutely cannot stand that woman.
Players should be free to say or do whatever they want on their own time, but when they’re playing, they should just play. If LeBron wants to run for office or something, more power to him, but he should keep that kind of thing off the court.
We don’t want to hear your opinion here. You should keep your opinion in your own home and not on the internet.
I hope that didn’t go over your head.
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.