Hockey Diversity Alliance Calls On The NHL For Action
There will be no NHL playoff games tonight and potentially tomorrow’s are canceled.
No NHL games will be played tonight.
Sounds like the Hockey Diversity Alliance, w/ a strong push from Evander Kane & Matt Dumba, convinced players to take a step back. If you want to know more about the HDA, here's their website. Group was formed in June. https://t.co/LCA8GqpdcH
— Emily Kaplan (@emilymkaplan) August 27, 2020
Yesterday’s Performance
Yesterday, every sports league playing at the moment participated in some sort of strike. The WNBA and NBA lead the movement. Teams around the MLB decided to strike but some decided to play. What did the NHL do? Well, they had a seven second moment of reflection before the Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins game.
There was an “End Racism” graphic blasted on the jumbotron. I suppose saying something as simple as “Black Lives Matter” is just too forward for a league profiting off of We Skate For Equality merchandise. There was supposed to be a moment of reflection before every game but that did not happen. This is simply based on assumption but because it wouldn’t be televised nothing happened prior to the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche game. Truly inspirational.
Call To Action
Evander Kane took to Twitter and called out the NHL for their lack of action.
Actually it’s incredibly insulting as a black man in hockey the lack of action and acknowledgement from the @nhl, just straight up insulting. https://t.co/1KrpUvFhaQ
— Evander Kane (@evanderkane_9) August 27, 2020
I can’t imagine what he’s feeling but as a fan, it’s made me turn up my nose a bit. Why on earth can’t the players do something to stand up for their teammates? What’s so scary about standing up for Black people who have been unjustly harmed or killed at the hands of the police? Are players that tone deaf? They talk about hockey being bigger than a game in all these infomercials and segments for television but at what point does it actually become something bigger? It’s not about the white players posting a black square on Instagram. It’s them making a statement by not playing in a game to make an ACTUAL statement.
Exactly. The PLAYERS took a stand today, they stepped up. Proud of my fellow nhl PLAYERS for their action. https://t.co/IKcsvcoUbl
— Evander Kane (@evanderkane_9) August 27, 2020
Members of the Hockey Diversity Alliance spoke up and demanded action.
We the @TheOfficialHDA have formally requested the @NHL to suspend all playoff games today. We strongly feel this sends a clear message that human rights take priority over sports.
— Wayne Simmonds (@Simmonds17) August 27, 2020
I think it’s important that this is led by the players and not the league. Why? The league didn’t do anything yesterday besides slap together a seven second reflection. Besides, the players are the ones who need to show the owners that they mean business. The big guys don’t care enough. It’s all about money to them, hence why they played yesterday.
My Final Take
Black lives matter.
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