[JohnnyB]

I had no idea these boycotts were even happening in other leagues until reading this thread, so I guess the action has made me aware of something I was ignorant of before, that leagues are boycotting play.

I don't really understand why games would be boycotted though. I fully support protests like Kaepernick's. I would fully support players being allowed and encouraged to use their roles to protest and the league management and owners joining them in that. I would support the league or teams implementing policies requiring players to spend so many hours a year engaged in social-justice or education and awareness-raising activities. I don't understand boycotting play as a way to communicate about the issues though.

The NHL has had a lot of my attention over the last weeks purely because they came back and started playing again. They could use that to the push important messages in front of me, but if games are boycotted they won't even have that channel to reach me effectively. It's not like I'll be seeking out the NHL for news and racial justice commentary if they don't have the actual sport to draw my attention to the league. People work so hard to get the attention of others to be able to reach them with a message. Stopping the thing that draws attention seems so counterproductive.

How long is the proposal to boycott play for?