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Originally Posted by dammage79
I dont know. Every other active league shut down games except the NHL. For me it was an opportunity to act in unity with all professional athletes. A major missed opportunity for everyone trying to strengthen the NHL brand in the U.S. instead we got the whitest league in pro sports giving a half hearted moment of silence.
Like one ESPN analyst said, if it was just the Bucks protesting it wouldn't work. But ALL NBA teams boycotted. Amd baseball followed suit. And the NHL? C'mon. If they went on and boycotted their games it would have been far more powerful a statement with all major leagues saying no, this has to stop.
And we wonder why the NHL isn't really seen as any sort of major sports league in the U.S by their major media outlets. Its because of moments like these where they could have full well boycotted the games for today, not skipped a beat in their scheduling (they're 3 days ahead). And showed support the same way everyone else did.
Anywho, I'm with Kelly Hrudey on this one. Major missed opportunity.
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Few corrections.
No leagues shut down, not willingly. NBA players, black guys mostly, walked out as a form of protest and racial solidarity. The league had no choice and I guarantee aren’t happy.
Also, only 2 NBA teams actually want to boycott. The rest voted to keep playing.
See because they actually want to stop playing altogether, not take a day off as some lame show of support. They have a real agenda, put pressure on the league and owners to effect change and make meaningful contributions to their cause.
The NHL has no cause. A day off is just a day off and doesn’t actually do anything.
It’s actually insulting to me that the media is trying to spin this narrative that the NHL missed an opportunity.
What the media means to say is they blame the white NHLers for not feeling exactly the same as black NBA players, which is obviously beyond idiotic.