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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Encouraged but optional is my preference as a consumer.
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I'm in the same boat, for slightly different reasons... but with a caveat. If you elect not to wear the pride jersey in warm ups, what you
do not get to do is then make the night about you. You do not get to do what Staal did, and release a statement on social media suggesting that being gay is a choice, or saying anything at all beyond "I have chosen not to participate for personal reasons on the basis of my religious beliefs". There is no platform here to proclaim your personal views to the contrary to of those expressed by the organization hosting the Pride event.
If that is where the line is drawn, there is no punishment for electing not to wear a pride jersey or skate in warm ups. There IS a punishment coming your way - in the form of a team-initiated suspension - if you violate the team's media strategy by releasing public statements that undermine to what the team is trying to achieve with their event by distracting from it. If the media asks you questions, you say "I have no comment", other than "I decided not to participate for personal reasons". Nothing else.