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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
This take is something else, and quite frankly doesn't even deserve a response based on the fact you're calling me out for things I've actually just said should be done 
The point is that a blind eye has been turned on athlete conduct for decades and there is no indication that anyone else is on the list to be brought into question. Why stop here? |
First, the Coyotes franchise is a private organization. We can't look at this as a collective, especially if some of your examples are from other sports. If some athlete in a different organization is welcomed by that organization today despite being a remorseless racist, that should not have a barring on the Coyotes doing the right thing.
Second, we're in the midst of a huge societal change happening. The Hockey Diversity Alliance was created June 2020 because of this change. Last month the NHL committed to taking action against racism and formed the
Executive Inclusion Council. Xavier Gutierrez, the CEO and president of the Coyotes, joined them less than a month before drafting the racist. The very first action the Coyotes did after their CEO joined an anti-racism task force was draft a racist. You should be able to see why people have an issue with that and why the Coyotes felt the need to rectify the situation.
So if you want to start pointing to current Coyote players that are known racists, fair enough, those would be a fair comparison. But things are changing, it's not hypocritical to take action today against racist players just because they didn't 20 years, or even last year.
Also, because you seem to not want to inform yourself of the situation, the smoking gun is this adult's refusal to apologize in person and lying about the situation. Other people making a mistake, whatever it may be, and being remorseful, making amends, and changing, and being granted a second chance are not in the same category as this guy.