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The NHL planned a job fair in Fort Lauderdale for POC, women, LGBTQIA+ people, and persons with disabilities. But Gov Ron DeSantis called it “discrimination”. The NHL quickly changed course and opened the event to everyone -- Florida’s Voice

A Fox News Op is glad DeSantis called out the NHL -- it was “openly pushing discrimination” while claiming to fight it. Sports leagues need to back off and stay out of identity politics. It’s getting tiresome!

DeSantis proved once again that he won’t hesitate to stand for freedom, wrote Outkick. He’s one of the rare politicians who puts his money where his mouth is

But The Guardian thought it was kind of weird to attack the whitest league in the country. It was probably just an attempt to score points in the culture wars

One GOP strategist told The Daily Beast that it was an “easy” way to highlight the left’s hypocrisy. While another longtime GOP campaigner said the NHL tiff made DeSantis look “very small”

An LA Times Op thought it was a weak showing by the NHL. So much for “working diligently to bring about a new era of inclusion”!

A USA Today Op pulled no punches -- the NHL’s U-turn was “one of the great acts of cowardice in the recent history of sports”

“Exactly!” said The Atlantic. “If you really want to stand for diversity, you have to be willing to ruffle some feathers.” The NHL clearly wasn’t up to the task

Deadspin thought the NHL should’ve pulled the All-Star game from Florida. It was the only appropriate response to DeSantis, who’s a hypocrite. In 2019 he touted his record on appointing people from “all walks of life”

So, just how diverse is the NHL anyway? Well, the league released its first ever diversity and inclusion report in late 2022. It’s 84% white, and 93% hetero -- ESPN