By refusing to wear Pride jerseys, the message from hockey is the opposite.
Why the NHL, which has largely avoided acknowledging that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a thing that is happening, is worried about the impact of a law passed in Moscow, is hard to figure. It doesn’t take much research to discover that punishment for violating the law is just a fine, that enforcement is rare, and that there was never any indication that Russia was going to try to apply it beyond its own borders.
The depressing thing about all of this is that NHL teams wear themed jerseys all the time. No one would give it a second thought if there was a patch celebrating Black History Month or Mexican Heritage Night or cancer awareness or military appreciation or just about any cause that a team might want to highlight while it raises charitable funds. Everyone wears them, money is donated, and that is that.
But refuse to wear a Pride jersey? Carry on, fellas. Hope you have a good game. And because the NHL gave cover to Provorov, others have followed his lead. Eric Staal wore a rainbow crest when he previously played in Montreal, until he evidently discovered that this support for the initiative was optional.Article content
The thing that Pride-jersey objectors seem to not understand is that they are making a choice to not support people who do not have a choice about who they are. The Staals said they don’t judge “how people choose to live their lives.” Refusing to wear a jersey with rainbow numbers for a few minutes seems an awful lot like a judgement.
Pride Nights were supposed to show how far hockey has come. Instead, they have just shown how far it still has to go.
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