[Friedman] From NHL Board of Governors: teams will not wear specialty jerseys in warmups next season. This means no Pride, Black History, First Nations, LunarNewYear, Diwali, or St.Patricks jerseys for warmups.
From NHL Board of Governors: teams will not wear specialty jerseys in warmups next season. Also: Cap, Ottawa, Arizona and other topics. With Commissioner Gary Bettman here — https://t.co/7kBduYBk1X
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) June 22, 2023
by PaperMoonShine
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And a [clarification](https://twitter.com/hayyyshayyy/status/1671986189526499331?s=46&t=7fabqgtgp69dNA1d51vxFw): teams can still make the specialty jerseys and sell them ~~for 700$~~ but players won’t be wearing them in warmups.
The Staals win
Lame ass league our jerseys went hard
Cowards
It’s pathetic how the nhl will fold to bigots.
Smooth brain decision from the NHL.
What a little bitch move by the league.
The benefits of the donations gained from the funds from the sales of these jerseys far outweighs a few players not wearing them for whatever reason.
Between this and the Saudi’s buying into the league today, it’s a dark day for the old NHL.
Teams will still hold celebrations should they choose, and still sell customs jerseys. Their players can model in them if they choose, but the jerseys will not touch the ice during warmup.
Does this count for cancer and military nights too??
This is stupid. And it is such a shame. Over the last few years, our on ice product isnt great but our theme night jerseys have been absolute beauties. Such a shame to see them go.
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Boooooooooooo
Oh no I guess we can’t be decent human beings anymore since there won’t be validation from opportunistic corporate entities.
Isn’t it a military night every game for some team in the states? No camp jerseys then?
chicken shit BoGs.
Likely the NHLPA supports this direction. Let players support whatever they want to without any sort of mandatory requirements.
They could’ve made a deal so players could wear them in game, maybe strike a deal with the manufacturer so they can sell even more jerseys by making them in game uniforms but no, they don’t even wanna MAKE MONEY smh inclusivity is beneficial to capitalism, how tf do these billionaires even stay rich
But I’m complaining about a league that iNnOvAtEs by using those horrendous digital ads instead of making it easier for ppl to watch the bloody product by streamlining tv distribution, so what do I expect
Headline should be:
“NHL scraps very popular idea loved by millions of fans to appease 5 bigots”.
Dana white was right when he said “the nhl is run by old dumb fucking people”
Looks like I may tune back in after all.
Good. Be done with the constant, unnecessary noise.