{"id":9359,"date":"2023-10-11T04:53:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T08:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=9359"},"modified":"2023-10-11T05:53:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T09:53:47","slug":"nhl-bans-use-of-pride-tape-on-hockey-sticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/nhl-bans-use-of-pride-tape-on-hockey-sticks","title":{"rendered":"NHL Bans Use Of Pride Tape On Hockey Sticks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/nhl-celebrates-pride-night.jpg\" alt=\"NHL celebrates Pride Night\" class=\"wp-image-8992\" style=\"width:300px\" width=\"300\" title=\"NHL Bans Use Of Pride Tape On Hockey Sticks\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NHL\u2019s new policy prevents players from using pride tape going forward<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Voluntary celebrations will be permitted under new policy but off the ice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LGBTQ+ Campaigners voice frustration at NHL\u2019s new policy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/hockey\/nhl\">National Hockey League<\/a><\/strong> (NHL) has come out with a new policy that will <strong>no longer allow players to use rainbow coloured tape on their sticks in support of the LGBTQ+ community<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NHL has celebrated Pride Month for a number of seasons and players were using different types of pride symbols to campaign for the LGBTQ+ community. Multiple players in recent months have decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/james-reimer-refuses-to-support-nhl-pride-night-over-beliefs\">opt out of supporting the LGBTQ+ community due to their religious beliefs<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2023, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/vancouver-canucks-can-no-longer-wear-warm-up-pride-jerseys-after-nhl-bans-them\">NHL asked teams to not wear pride jerseys during warm-up games<\/a> and their latest memo announcing the ban of pride tape has not gone down well with the LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NHL bans Pride tape on players\u2019 sticks\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mJl57WG5mR4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The NHL sent out a memo to teams informing them that they can <strong>no longer custom their gear for official team practices and warm-ups to support military appreciation celebrations, Hockey Fights Cancer or Pride campaigns<\/strong>. The memo clarifies that players can support these campaigns via voluntary celebrations but it must be done off the ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"lgbtq-community-voices-disapproval\"><strong>LGBTQ+ Community Voices Disapproval<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The LGBTQ+ community wasn\u2019t happy when the NHL stopped teams from wearing pride jerseys during warm-up games and they are extremely frustrated with the NHL\u2019s latest policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youcanplayproject.org\">You Can Play Project<\/a><\/strong> which is a big advocate for the LGBTQ+ community said that the new policy is not the right way forward as it does not advocate that hockey is for everyone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The You Can Play Project released a statement which said <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It is now clear that the NHL is stepping back from its long-standing commitment to inclusion, and continuing to unravel all of its one-time industry-leading work on 2SLGBTQ+ belonging. We are now at a point where all the progress made, and relationships established with our community, is in jeopardy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement went on to say <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Making decisions to eradicate our visibility in hockey \u2014 by eliminating symbols like jerseys and now Pride Tape \u2014 immediately stunts the impact of bringing in more diverse fans and players into the sport.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the NHL teams like the Winnipeg Jets said they were yet to review the new NHL policy and could not comment on whether they support the new policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary The National Hockey League (NHL) has come out with a new policy that will no longer allow players to use rainbow coloured tape on their sticks in support of the LGBTQ+ community.\u00a0 The NHL has celebrated Pride Month for a number of seasons and players 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