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Originally Posted by Icantwhisper
So many people so eager to get out the pitchforks, I think he did the movement a favour. How many of us would be talking about this today or even would have known about the flyers pregame jersey had he chose to participate? Wouldn’t have even made the highlights. Nobody outside flyers arena would have known, remember when the devils had their pride jerseys on dec 28th? Me neither.
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The Flyers and Torts handled this situation perfectly. They did not punish him for not wanting to be compelled to make statements he did not agree with. However, they clearly laid out their organizational values in a respectful manner, and made the day a positive one.
The player's views are clearly obnoxious, but he didn't go out of his way to advocate for them - he simply refused to make a statement with which he disagreed.
All of this is exactly how a disagreement should be handled. It also demonstrates the best way to convince people (both the players and those observing) to come to your side of the issue. Punishment cannot achieve that.
The people who handled this situation in the most despicable manner are those advocating for some sort of Struggle Session where the player either conforms or is punished with cut icetime or by being scratched.