Posted on 08/30/2020 2:48:37 AM PDT by raccoonradio
The protest from players is now costing the owners money. Over the past week we have seen protests from multiple sports league's following the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin and the National Hockey League has been no exception. Although protests or boycotts from players in the National Basketball Association have received a good bit of praise in this regard, with the NBA also getting its fair share of critics to be sure, similar protests in the NHL have been met by far more backlash from fans, especially as more and more evidence in the case of Jacob Blake has come to the forefront.
Despite the reaction from their own fans however the NHL and its players have largely moved forward with their plans and have now even delayed the playing of their playoff games in an effort to send a political message. That message however has been met by even more derision from the NHL's fans and now there is a very clear message being sent to at least some NHL teams by some of those fans, fans who just so happen to wield a lot of financial muscle.
According to comments made by SB Nation's Robert Tiffin this week there are now "big clients" of the Dallas Stars organization who have made the decision to cancel their accounts with the team following some political protests from a pair of their players. Specifically Tiffin cites the fact that both Stars forward Tyler Seguin and Stars forward Jason Dickinson took a knee during the national anthem as the reason behind the cancelation from the as of yet to be identified "big clients." You may not think that this is a particularly big deal given the millions that teams normally pull in every year, but I assure you nothing could be further from the truth. No league depends more on ticket revenue than the NHL and this will no doubt send a powerful message to the Stars ownership group.
I have to admit that given the fact that the Stars play in Dallas, Texas makes this news come as relatively little surprise. Texas is after all largely a red state and when you combine that with the fact that hockey has a very blue collar audience it is not hard to imagine how those clients may have felt about the decision to protest against law enforcement and in defense of Jacob Blake.
I suspect that we may hear more stories like this if the protests continue, although I wonder how much freedom NHL players will be given on this front if it continues to hit the owners in their bank accounts.
Robert Tiffin @RobertTiffin A source told me that some big clients canceled their accounts after Seguin and Dickinson took a knee during the anthem. Given the climate, I'd expect the team to be extremely careful not to risk losing more business by saying more than they think they absolutely have to.
https://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/stars-confirm-protest-from-players-has-cost-them-ticket-sales
The National Hockey League and its players move forward with a boycott or protest of their own games this week as a response to the shooting for Jacob Blake in Kenosha Washington. The move echoed similar protests that had been organized by players in the National Basketball Association earlier in the week, however in the case if the NHL they received far more backlash from their fans.
One had to look no further than social media to see just how many fans of the NHL did not support this most recent move from the league and its players, but it was not just fans who were opposed to the agenda being pushed by the NHL. There were reports on Saturday that the Dallas Stars organization had lost what was described as “big clients” as a result of the protests from their players, specifically those from forward Tyler Seguin and forward Jason Dickinson. Big clients could of course mean a lot of things and although we still do not know who has cut ties with the Dallas Stars, the Stars have now confirmed this report.
Matthew DeFranks of the Dallas Morning News is reporting that Stars CEO Brad Alberts has confirmed that they lost a number of season ticket holders as a result of the team’s decision to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Alberts confirmed that the team had a mix of both individual ticket holders and company accounts, although like before the names of the businesses have not been disclosed. In spite of that Alberts stated that the team remained committed to standing behind their players.
“But we/I stand by our organization’s commitment and support our players 100% to express their views,” Alberts said as per DeFranks.
In the case of the Dallas Stars the news has gone public and there’s no doubt that the team has taken a financial hit, at the worst possible time no less, as a result of a decision from their players. I have to wonder if similar situations are taking place with other NHL teams but have yet to be disclosed publicly at this time. For example earlier the Las Vegas police union president, although not a season ticket holder as far as I know, released a scathing letter to the Golden Knights on behalf of the 3,500 plus officers he represents.
Seems the only sport to be immune to the Marxists is Rodeo.
Pro Sports Don’t Matter.
I have a feeling, that is probably the case. I think they will all take a hit, though who knows about all the other teams, that had been eliminated already.
National Hockey Liberals, National Football Liberals, National Basketball Asswipes.
They lost me.
Next up: People who walk away from pro sports are racists.
Satan steals, kills, and destroys everything it can get its paws on. (Don’t kid yourselves, this is not just a physical or political war.)
American sports may or may not survive this, but they will never be the same.
Good
#Walkawayandtakeyourlootwithyou.
“It is an especially bad optic for the NHL. The majority of players are not American born. They come from Canada, Russia, Chech, ..........
Break down of players nationalality
Canada 53%
USA 26%
Other 21%
The NHL paused their playoff schedule for 2 days, thinking this will boost their support among blacks.
It will do nothing of the kind, most blacks didn’t watch hockey before and this will do nothing to change that.
Empty & useless actions that only ticked off the regular hockey fans. Way to go, NHL!!
Maybe I’m missing something, but playing games in empty arenas makes it pretty damn easy for everyone to #WalkAwayFromSports.
I was in a restaurant last week with my family of 4. NBA was on with BLM Painted on the court. I asked the waitress to change the channel because it’s too much excitement while trying to relax at dinner. She changed it to a cooking show. Nobody complained
These idiots want to bar the blue line and rename it the black line.
As long as that idiot Emeril isn’t on there shouting “BAM! BLM!”
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