04/27/24
October 10, 2023
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
But if a player really just likes to have rainbow tape on his stick, it's ok, right? I hope players tell Bettman and the NHL to go fuck themselves. I can see McDavid taping rainbow up and daring the league to do anything about it.
posted by tahoemoj at 03:15 PM on October 10, 2023
I see it as an opportunity for advocacy groups to do what has been done with big tobacco and is starting to be done with guns: don't fight the war on a righteous policy and ethics battlefield. Hit 'em in the money at the courthouse. That's where pain is more immediately and effectively felt by the unctuous.
Bettman could end up seeing boycotts and demonstrations as well as legal filings. A wrap of tape could end up causing him an amount of discomfort he couldn't have imagined. On multiple fronts and in two countries.
There's a good chance that getting rid of the loathed Bettman and others in his camp might be a lot cleaner and less damaging than what the NFL owners and league office did to get rid of Dan Snyder.
posted by beaverboard at 04:25 PM on October 10, 2023
Amazing ending to the Phillies/Braves game last night. Let's have Jomboy break it down for us.
posted by NoMich at 05:53 PM on October 10, 2023
In a move OutSports calls "the most stifling, anti-LGBTQ policy any pro sports league in North America has ever issued", the NHL has (arguably) more than doubled-down on distancing itself from Pride Nights, now barring individual players from opting to use Pride Tape on their sticks during warm-ups.