Pride nights will continue but the pracitve of changing jerseys for warm-ups has “become a distraction,” Bettman says.
“I suggested it would not be appropriate for clubs not to change their jerseys in warm-ups because it's become a distraction,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman told Sportsnet at the conclusion of the league's board of governors meetings in New York.
“It was taking away from the fact that all of our clubs, in some form or other, host nights in honour of various groups or causes, and we'd rather they continue to get the appropriate attention they deserve, and not be a distraction.” The special evenings to promote causes will continue to exist, like Pride Night, along with other nights like Military Night and St. Patrick's Day. Some teams support more causes than others.
But it was the wearing of Pride jerseys to support the LGTBQ community that had become divisive, with some players, like
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