Rugby gay pride jersey
Historic pride jersey sparks player boycott in Australia
BBC News, Sydney
Seven players in Australia's National Rugby League (NRL) will boycott a key match over their team's decision to wear a identity festival jersey.
On Thursday, the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles will change into the first team in the rivalry ever to don a kit which promotes LGBT inclusivity in the sport.
But players weren't consulted and some dissent to the advance on religious and cultural grounds.
The club apologised for its handling of the situation.
Coach Des Hasler said the club had made a "significant mistake" that had caused "confusion, discomfort and pain for many people, in particular those groups whose human rights we were in fact attempting to support".
In a press conference on Tuesday, he apologised to the LGBT community and to the players involved.
"They were not included in any of the discussions, and at a minimum, they should include been consulted," Hasler said.
Under league rules, players from t
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The TBWAHAKUHODO artistic team was inspired by the fact that mixing all the colors of the rainbow creates shadowy . A special dying skill was developed in which a fabric that would normally appear black reveals the full spectrum of the rainbow’s colors when stretched. Marking a planet first, the “UNITED Ebony FABRIC” was born. A film was created starring players from the All Blacks, the New Zealand men’s national rugby team, and the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women’s national rugby team, to carry this important note about diversity and inclusion.
Manly Sea Eagles coach apologises for handling of lgbtq+ pride jerseys as seven refuse to play
Manly Sea Eagles coach Des Hasler has apologised over the club's handling of the inclusion of rainbow colours on the club jersey, saying it was a "significant mistake".
Key points:
- Seven players will boycott Thursday's game over the gay event shirt
- Hasler says the club's execution of the initiative was "poor"
- Manly will face the Roosters on Thursday with a greatly disrupted side
Seven players are boycotting their NRL match on Thursday over their team's choice to wear a gay celebration jersey.
Hasler told a push conference he apologised profusely for not consulting with stakeholders or their players.
“In this specific instance, I touch from these players. Not included in any of the discussions, and at a minimum, they should have been consulted,” Hasler said.
"The jersey intent was to support the lobbying and human rights pertaining to gender, race, identity, ability and LGBTQ movements.
"Sadly the execution of what was intended to b
Manly Inclusive Pride jersey backlash
That argument does not make sense. Scott Penn injects the most money into Manly, i.e. he owns them. So he can do what he pleases. So if he chooses to do an inclusion jersey, then that&#;s it: Manly are doing an inclusion jersey.TrueTiger said:
The other part of the argument that teams wear logos of companies that promote betting or drinking are usually sponsors that pay to have the logos on the jumpers and therefore inject monies into the clubdid LGBT pay the Manly boss to change the usual and registered Manly jumper?
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By your argument, if the Paedophile and Recidivist Rapists Association (PARRA) was to sponsor Manly, that&#;s decent, because they are putting monies in?
It is a valid aim where one&#;s morality extends to not being able to help, associate or even politely overlook people who have different sexual and gender identities, but be totally fine to have the same association with gambling and drinking. It shows you the strange line where they trace their moral values.
And it&#;s doubly-valid not just