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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
Third option
C) the pride jersey is literally the Flames jersey, so the players wear them as the uniform they play for. Perhaps that is too close to option B, but the players don’t have an option and that is ok. They don’t just pick any old jersey to warm up in, or even practice in. This isn’t beer league.
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Exactly.
The only reason people think this is about individual beliefs is because people who didn’t want to wear the jersey made that the conversation and plenty of people are far happier having that conversation with them.
Nobody cares if an individual wearing the jersey believes it in or not, the event isn’t so that players can express their personal beliefs and never was.
There is zero difference between wearing a Pride jersey and wearing a Flames jersey. People would lose their minds if a player refused to wear the team jersey. Well, they wouldn’t, because it would never happen. But if it’s connected to a night welcoming a type of person they don’t like? “My personal beliefs do not allow me to show any support for these kids.” Like, OK man, nobody asked you to make a team jersey about yourself.