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Originally Posted by dino7c
The fact that the NHL isn't even playing games in the he US is relevant no?
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I think it is. The NHL is a lot more removed from the whole issue than any other North American League. Most of their players are Canadians from upper-middle class backgrounds; they have the highest contingency of European borne players of any of the Big Four; the current playing environment is not subject to the same geopolitical pressures that are occurring all over the US. I do believe these things make a difference, and it sets the NHL in a bad, no-win situation: if the players or the League suspend play in solidarity, it appears insincere, or as a product of white guilt. If they do not, then their inactivity stands out as an unseemly exception.
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IDK I might be on board if the NBA had an actual plan... boycotting until what/when? Are they playing again on the weekend? Bailing on the bubble? Any of these guys actually willing to put their salary on the line? As far as I know right now they aren't being paid.
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Ideally, yes. But for players in the NBA this was a very emotional response, and one which most certainly was not followed through after careful consideration of all the contributing and mitigating factors. But I believe a lot of latitude is deserved here precisely because this was an organic response.