Did the NHL just sanitize the in game experience?

[Xerloris]

yeah, company dress codes should only exist if you can choose not to participate.

Am I right?

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political statements are not the same as a company dress code. Nice try though.
Especially if it violates constitutional rights.

 

[Cotton McKnight]

If you've ever gone to a hockey game, the in game experience is one of the best parts. The crowd chants, screaming at the calls, the chirps to the opposing fans, throwing your hat after a hat trick, etc all make it the best sport to watch live. Yesterday, I received a required signature contract from the NHL/Blues which I guess goes to all season ticket holders describing the new code of conduct with some pretty hefty penalties at the end. I'm wondering how far they will go to enforce it (ie. Nashville's chant to the goalies or letting the ref know that he sucks). I'm hoping and praying they don't go overboard on these new guidelines. Foul or obscene language? Have you attended a hockey game from Pee-wee on up? This isn't golf. Are referees considered a protected class? I hope common sense prevails.

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Not a fan of protected classes? Is this a weird way to get up in arms about Title VII?

 

[GoldenSeal]

I feel like this comes up at least once every other year, each time with close to the same results as before.

 

[Ted Hoffman]

I'll give you a real life example. Sitting in our seats at a Blues - Blackhawks game. A Hawk fan is down there in the entrance way and from up above in the 3xx section an aluminum beer bottle comes down and cracks this guy in the head. Of course, I see it out of the corner of my eye and watch it all the way down. Guy turns around and starts screaming that I threw it because I was looking at him. Luckily, we've had the same usher for years who knows that I can't drink alcohol (for medical reasons) and I only have a bottle of water each game. So she basically stuck up for me until finally security removed the guy because by this point he was trying to come up to drop the gloves. Now if our usher hadn't been there, what would have happened as this guy swore I threw it or if he would have come up to my seats and started a fight. I've got over $8k in my seats and I sure don't want to lose them.

All that said, whoever chucked the bottle should have been tossed immediately.

Mrs. Hoffman has a nephew who went to his wife to a Blues game in Nashville a few years back because (1) it's close, (2) they wanted to do a weekend together, and (3) they'd heard great things about how great Nashville fans were. They were yelled and screamed at from 30 seconds through the gate, had all kinds of names lobbed at them, got beers thrown at them when Nashville scored, and got more beers thrown at them when St. Louis scored. Arena security did nothing. Not even with video of who was doing what. They finally had to be escorted out of the section by security and police, whose "action" at the Predators fans was to yell "knock it off!" even as names and trash were thrown at them.

They were offered different seats, but no apology - just "maybe next time, don't wear your Blues stuff here."

That is the kind of shit that shouldn't be tolerated, and far too often is.