The NHL's ban on Pride Tape is an embarrassing mess for the league

It's fucking hockey. How can someone be into hockey and be so precious and fragile with their feely feels that rainbow tape upsets them?

"This is Bob. He's our fourth line filler. He's a bit emotional about some things but his mother comes to every game to make sure he's okay and the ref isn't being too hard on him. You'll need to take your pride tape off too. Also, we need him effective and not sulking on the bench, so he asks everyone call him Alpha from now on. If he trips and calls slashing on you, yes, even though you're on his team and no where near him, just apologise so we can keep the game flowing."

One of the most hateful snowflakes I know is a former pro hockey player. Maybe hit in the head too many times?
Fragile masculinity.
So part of this is reaction to anti-gay laws in other countries where players come from. Part is just cowardice. It's basically an open secret that many Russian players have family held "hostage," mandatory participation could be problematic for them. Banning all participation doesn't make any sense though.
- Good point. Though, I think anyone moving to another country should respect the people there and acknowledge the situation—regardless if they disagree or not—before making the leap.
  Of course, that's all hippie bullshit and it doesn't work that way, but it's true. Maybe one day, in many, many generations from now, we'll get there and everyone can just enjoy hockey as it is and participate how they like. Sounds pretty righteous duuude ✌️

Huge hockey fan and this has really disappointed me. Really hoping to see a player break it here soon now that season is underway.

The NHLs take a knee moment, how inspiring for them.
Target showed the way now other corps are walking back 10 years of diversity statements and commitments that were empty markering to begin with for most.
- Shit, what did I miss with Target? They’ve def always seemed pretty open and let their employees wear little flag or pronoun pins. Or do you mean them removing pride merch in June after all the threats on their employees/stores?

Oh, the whitest sport in the world is bigoted?

What did NASCAR do now?
- They banned Confederate flags, so it's 2% less hateful.
- They started selling this shirt, teel your friends lol
Hey, leave curling out of this
Is Hockey whiter than Water Polo?
- Only if you're not playing it on horses.
Oh shut the fuck up asshole, wait till you hear about how football reacted to BLM

It got deleted from politics@lemmy.world for not being relevant to US politics.

I can see why that might be. While LGBTQ+ rights are a political issue, this is technically about a sports league decision to disallow Pride displays.
Still sucks, and it is sports politics, but it's not really politics as it pertains to matters of government and law.
- But where does the US come into that?
"@lemmy.WORLD" deleted for not being about US politics lol

One doesn't even have to know what hockey is to automatically identify this as stupid as fuck.

As someone who likes hockey, holy fuck. Tape? Yeah, if that's the mentality of whomever is running the NHL, fuck y'all. This isn't like players are changing the dynamic or anything important at all to the game, and quite frankly in support of a very important message.

I'd like to demand that the staff who passed this all step the fuck down in disgrace. All of them.

they could just rename it autism acceptance tape. let's see the NHL ban that.

The NHL has "summer" policies. Some are over here and some are over there.

I just watched a hockey game where rainbow tape was banned, they started off with a "We stand with Israel!" bit, followed by an indigenous land acknowledgement.

Sooo... they endorsed one genocide right before pretending to be concerned over another?
You can't make this shit up.

This is what "nonpolitical" politics really are: status quo adherence.

Hockey has been dead to me since the NHL made this announcement.

Lets make gay special again. in another sport.. let you wanting everyone to know you like the same sex be the focus point instead of the sport.. hey look at me.. enough already we dont care one way or the other what youre into in that way. ITS PERSONAL !! aka none of my business

They should ban all this shit. I just want to watch hockey.

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.
- IDK, I'm kind of mixed on this one. On the one hand, I don't mind seeing rainbow tape on their stick (I wear pride stuff during pride month), but I'd disagree with seeing political ads or even branding for products.
  There should absolutely be some rules here, and a no tolerance policy is the easiest to enforce fairly. If they allow rainbow flags for expression, they should probably also allow political and commercial expression as well. So I'd rather have a no tolerance policy than a subjective one that many will disagree with.
It hurts your fee fees to see colors? How weak willed are you?
- Does it hurt your fee fees not to see colors? If you don't see your pride flag on everything do you cry ?
I hope you see a rainbow today. 🌈
- Why? It isn't even a rainbow flag anymore. It's filled with shit now and is just a hot mess. The lgbti whatever group needs to hire better designers