Rainbow tape!

3 years ago by bmsok to c/hockey

NHL players will be allowed to use Pride tape this season after all. The league, players union and a committee on inclusion agreed to give players the option to represent social causes with stick tape during warmups, practices and games.

NHL rescinds ban on rainbow-colored Pride tape, allowing players to use it on the ice this season

trubedour 24 points 3 years ago

I was as shocked as everyone else when the ban originally happened, but this felt inevitable.

This rule was never going to be enforceable, and would only create more bad media for the league. Very glad they went ahead and walked it back quickly, hockey is for everyone and players should be able to represent that however they want!

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weedazz 13 points 3 years ago

Thin blue line tape incoming

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muse 13 points 3 years ago

Too busy beating their wives to beat other plays on the ice

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Redditgee 2 points 3 years ago

Snorted

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bmsok 6 points 3 years ago

Hockey HAS to be for everyone. Any sport where you can (safely) beat the shit out of each other for a few hours and then end it with a 'good game' handshake is what it's all about.

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ericjmorey 16 points 3 years ago

This whole situation should have just been settled with making the warmup jerseys optional for the players. That way none of the bigots would feel uncomfortable supporting non-bigotry and the league wouldn't provide the bigots cover for the bigots to not draw attention to their bigotry.

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carbonprop 8 points 3 years ago

This was the right decision.

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DarthTanion 5 points 3 years ago

This was such a weird call to begin with. I'm not sure how they expected it to work out. Glad it was walked back.

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xc2215x 4 points 3 years ago

Good for the NHL.

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