The NHL said this week its teams will no longer wear special jerseys in support of Pride and other causes during, as they have for some time, pregame warm-ups on theme nights starting next season.Â
That the news broke during the height of Pride festivities was just one problem with the policy shift, say advocates for more inclusion in sport.
“It’s a really disappointing decision and it’s really, really poor timing,” Harrison Browne, the first transgender athlete in pro hockey, told CBC News Network on Friday.
The NHL did not immediately respond Friday to a request for comment.
But NHLÂ commissioner Gary Bettman has indicated the change is because some players refused
