NHL players group demands league pay $100 million and change blue line to 'black line' for racial equality

The Post Millennial ^ | August 28, 2020 | Joe Vaughan

[rickmichaels]

On top of their formal request for the National Hockey League to suspend all playoff games last night, Rick Westhead, a senior correspondent for TSN, reports the HDA (Hockey Diversity Alliance) has a number of other demands.

Hockey Diversity Alliance, an association made up of seven players whose stated purpose is to eradicate systemic racism and intolerance in hockey, have also revealed these demands:

• Team owners offer NHL rinks to be used as polling stations for the upcoming US election.

• NHL should be fully transparent about “all information related to the policies, targets and commitments” related to the hiring of employees who are visible minorities.

• NHL to commit to funding $100 million dollars over 10 years to battle "systemic racism."

• NHL make a statement by temporarily changing the blue line to black.

• NHL to run PSAs for the HDA during the playoffs this summer.

• NHL to have on-ice presence of the HDA logo.

• HDA has also proposed “Black out” warm up jerseys to help build awareness of their organization and its agenda. Later to be auctioned off to raise money for their cause.

The NHL has yet to release a response to these demands but most likely will in the coming days.

[dfwgator]

Bye, hockey.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Hockey Diversity Alliance, an association made up of seven players

LOL

[PGR88]

I hope the NHL tells them to F.O.

They are destroying the last sport I can stomach to watch.

[BenLurkin]

This has GOT to be satire.

[Mr. Rabbit]

Fire every one of them. They can get real jobs working for a living instead of getting paid to play childrens’ games.

[Seruzawa]

Can’t blame them for trying. All the other leagues are run by pandering cowards. Why not the NHL too?

[2banana]

Fire them before they destroy your industry.

[dfwgator]

Well they postponed their games last night.

(of course, maybe they did it, knowing most fans would tune into Trump’s speech, instead, heh heh!)

[Professional]

Is this a joke?

[JudyinCanada]

I honestly thought it was The Babylon Bee. How bloody stupid can people get? I never watched hockey to begin with, but this will be the end of it. Come to think of it, there certainly seems to be far more white players than black....what’s up with that?

[DownInFlames]

Don’t watch it anyway. Good riddance.

[moovova]

How many black hockey players are there?

Just asking for a friend.

[yuleeyahoo]

change blue line to 'black line' for racial equality

Unless they make it a rainbow, they are LGBTQ phobic!

[aquila48]

Bookmark

[Parmy]

Hockey is full of hockey.

[Paladin2]

Ice is too white [much like snow].

It needs to be banned, even from bars [did AOC ever complain about the excessive whiteness of ice?].

[KarlInOhio]

Team owners offer NHL rinks to be used as polling stations for the upcoming US election.

Are any of the rinks property of the teams? Or has every one of them foisted them off on the taxpayers to pay?

NHL to commit to funding $100 million dollars over 10 years to battle "systemic racism."

Reduce each player's annual salary by $14,000 to pay for it. Or just hit up these seven for $14,285,714 each right now.

[windsorknot]

NBHL: National Bull Hockey League.

[NormsRevenge]

No loss.. One more vagabond league in the ditch.. Their minimalist approach has them pursuing a season full of playoffs with a select group of teams allowed in.

The NHL gutted itself over the red white and blue line. It took them awhile but they’re pros, yaknow.

Prop sports would be a better name, there is nothing professional about them.