NHL’s flawed diversity initiatives ?

NHL’s flawed diversity initiatives ?

Ivan Provorov, a defenceman for the Philadelphia Flyers, refused to wear a rainbow-themed jersey as part of the team’s Pride Night celebrations on Tuesday, so he sat out the warmup as his teammates circled the ice in the special gear, which included sticks wrapped in rainbow tape.

He then played in the game, and led the Flyers in ice time, saying afterward that he was being “true to myself and my religion.”

We need more people like that.

That advocacy apparently has its limits.

You mean, bullying and blackmailing people has its limits.

Provorov is Russian, one of a few dozen such players in the NHL.

So what?  The NHL has players from many nations around the world.  Canada, USA, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Czech Republic, etc.

This singling out one’s nationality shows the bias of this writer.

The league said its Russian players were representing their clubs, not Russia, and that was that. FIFA and the IIHF may have booted Russia from major international soccer and hockey tournaments, respectively, but the NHL wouldn’t sanction individual players in any way.

Why go after individuals, who had nothing to do with the policies of their governments?  Because they are easy targets for those bigots.

The weakness of that position has only become more evident as the months have gone by.

No, it is a strength.  Sports is to unify the world, not divide it like these morons want.

In the early days of the Russian authoritarian’s war, it was easy enough to see the complexities of the situation in which the league and its Russians found themselves. Many have families back home and understandable fears for them.

And that fear is still real.

The league has a new Russian standard-bearer in Provorov, who in an act of sanctioned defiance has damaged all its efforts toward diversity and inclusivity.

What BS!  What of diversity of religion?  What of diversity of nationality?  Being an inclusive league for all the top players available around the globe? ! ?

Provorov, when he was asked last spring about the Russian invasion, didn’t even go as far as Ovechkin in calling for peace. “I’m not here to talk about politics,” he said then. “I’m here to talk about hockey.” When he was asked about Ovechkin’s wish for peace, he said he was willing to answer hockey questions only.

As it should be.

Hockey talk for hockey players.

Leave the political crap to the media and politicians.

Leaves sports alone for SPORTS!

But those pushing agenda, don’t give a sh!t about anything BUT the agenda.

They don’t give a darn about any one’s individual rights/opinions/etc.  as this article implies.

Bow down to their agenda.  Do as they demand and fcuk your personal beliefs.  Their cult must force that onto people.

People need to stand up to those bullies and their agenda and HATRED to those who don’t bend the knee under their dictatorship.