Posted on 01/19/2023 8:55:20 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Canadian broadcaster Sid Seixeiro mercilessly attacked Christians and insisted that the NHL punish the Philadelphia Flyers for allowing player Ivan Provorov to refuse to participate in the team’s gay pride night on Tuesday.
Seixeiro was infuriated when Provorov refused to don a gay pride jersey and sat out the team’s warm-ups ahead of Tuesday’s game, citing his Russian Orthodox beliefs as his reason.
After the game, the 26-year-old Provorov told reporters that he “respects” everyone, but his religion prevents his participation in gay pride demonstrations.
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wouldnt it be nice if instead they fined him
Personally, it's not hypocritical for me to expect more from the NHL.
The scenario you describe is only the latest step in a long story that goes back almost 30 years. Some of us serious hockey fans have been complaining for decades that the NHL has become a watered-down shadow of itself as it went overboard to change hockey from a magnificent sport with a cult-like fan base to one that is designed to appeal to casual fans who have no serious interest in the game.
Long story short ... the NHL is now at a point (just like every other major sport) where corporate sponsors are more important than fans.
I expressed this same sentiment on a thread I posted here back during the 2005 NHL lockout ...
I demand libtards be fined a million dollars every time they force faggotry on people
See how that works?
ABC had the contract to broadcast the 1980 Winter Olympics in the U.S. The schedule of events had been set months before the Olympics began.
The ice hockey tournament ended up with a totally unexpected medal round game between the U.S. and the Soviet Union scheduled for 5:00 PM on a Friday evening. ABC wanted to move the game to their 8:30 PM time slot so they could broadcast it live for a bigger TV audience. The Soviet hockey federation leadership said absolutely not -- even after they were offered a pile of money by ABC to agree.
They were on the losing end of the "Miracle on Ice" that year, but they didn't sell out to U.S. TV interests.
is Sid a faggot? why does he give a damn?
I understand how you feel. I have very mixed feelings about this stuff.
On one hand, you have these evil, satanic billionaires, who are trying to destroy society using their money and influence. And professional sports is just one of many areas where they are able to throw their weight around.
On the other hand, you have young gifted athletes, who are the best in the world at what they do, competing at the highest levels. They don’t care about this woke nonsense, but they’re not in a position to stop it.
The main reason I find it difficult to watch any games is the unbearably woke commercials for all things global and digital. Forget about sports, it just makes me depressed about the world. And like you, I can’t stand all the woke messages on the uniforms, etc, etc.
So my approach is to turn on a game every once in a while. Watch for a little bit, then go do something else. Then don’t watch anymore games for several days or weeks.
In other words, I’ll still enjoy sports, but only very sporadically. I won’t get sucked into caring about it.
I used to have half season tickets to see the Brooklyn Nets, because my son became very interested in basketball several years ago when he was an adolescent. I’m divorced, so this was a nice thing for us to do together.
Now, after the whole COVID/George Floyd nonsense, I just take him to a couple of games, and barely ever watch the Nets, or the rest of the NBA, on TV.
My point is that if everybody who was as into sports as I used to be was doing what I’m doing, all the pro sports leagues would be suffering financially. But it’s not necessary to do a complete cold turkey from sports.
Great post, great tagline.
If the fans walk away the NHL will suddenly realize who has priority. It might take years or decades for that to occur.
Sid Seixeiro is a clown making inflamatory statements to get press. It worked.
“He concluded by pounding his desk and demanding that the HNL take action, saying, “The National Hockey League today needs to fine that organization a million dollars and reevaluate how they support gay rights, ’cause that is insulting.””
Methinks he protests too much. (wink wink)
lol! Yessss!
These people are insane.
True that.
Read Return of the Gods to find out.
Read Return of the Gods to find out.
Weren’t we told that sexual tolerance would respect religious conviction?
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