OT The Lightning Are Banning Some Penguins Fans From Wearing Pittsburgh Gear In Tampa

[Mediocre Man]

Further proof that hockey in Florida is unnatural and doesn't belong. It's a winter sport played on ice. WFT is it doing in Florida? Ice in Florida is best used in fruit flavored drinks with miniature umbrellas, not as a playing surface.

No wonder you don't have any local fans. In a market where the average annual snowfall is 0" and the average low temp, in the coldest month of the year, is 52 degrees, the local kids just don't grow up playing ice hockey.

If you start banning transplanted fans of Northern teams, your arenas will be empty. You want a home ice advantage for your ice hockey team? Move the team someplace where ice occurs naturally.

BNM

Are we taking baseball out of Toronto then?

In all seriousness though, hockey in Florida and LA has always bugged me, but since I'm in Texas, I hope Houston gets a team soon

 

[Mediocre Man]

BNM nailed it.

It is laughable that those who say homophobic, sexist, misogynist crap and get publicly criticized cry that their "free speech" has been denied. No it hasn't. You have the freedom to say crap and I have the freedom to say it is crap.

There is no right to a platform and no right to be free of criticism or consequences.

Back to the subject - arenas, unless publicly owned, can presumably legally ban people from wearing gear of another team. But I have the freedom to say it is stupid and petty. It's not like carrying profane or abusive signs, or screaming obscenities and threats, which arenas should regulate (ironically often do a poor job).

When the fuck did anyone say any of that?

 

[crandc]

When the fuck did anyone say any of that?

Not in this thread, MM, I was speaking generally and I've heard it a zillion times. Excuse me, I've heard it the fuck a zillion times.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Flag burning has never bothered me. I wouldn't do it but it's a symbolic protest and free speech. It was either Cruz or Trump this election cycle who wants to make it illegal to burn the American flag. That just seems weird to me.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Not in this thread, MM, I was speaking generally and I've heard it a zillion times. Excuse me, I've heard it the fuck a zillion times.

We have also all heard it a zillion times

 

[SlyPokerDog]

We have also all heard it a zillion times

It's interesting that the only two openly gay members of the forum are the ones you have the most issues with.

 

[Natebishop3]

It's interesting that the only two openly gay members of the forum are the ones you have the most issues with.

Because MM knows that Crand is actually Meyers Leonard in disguise, and he's doing his best to expose the fraud!

 

[MARIS61]

If you’re a Pittsburgh Penguins fan with great seats to one of the Eastern Conference Final games in Tampa Bay this year, you may want to leave your Pens gear at home. The Lightning are not fond of your enemy colors, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The Tampa Bay Lightning has barred fans from wearing visiting team gear in select areas of Amalie Arena during the 2015-16 playoffs, including seats in the first two rows and other high-priced sections.

It’s an effort to increase the team’s home-ice advantage and fend off transplants who moved to Florida in search of sunny weather but never left their home team behind. The policies, according to the team’s website, bar any attire, apparel, clothing, accessories, flags, noisemakers and other gear “branded with the name, logo, or registered mark(s) of the then-current 2015-2016 playoff opponent of the Lightning” — in this case, the Penguins.
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http://uproxx.com/sports/tampa-bay-lightning-banning-penguins-gear-from-amalie-arena/

Talk about being insecure to the point of absurdity. What an insult to their team.

 

[Mediocre Man]

It's interesting that the only two openly gay members of the forum are the ones you have the most issues with.

Huh? Ya, I suppose? I'll have to look into that because I certainly don't have an issue with them being gay. As conservative as I am, I believe you are born gay, and it's not a choice.

My issues with Erik are his hyperbolic posts, and being the first to say I told you so. And CrandC with every post seemingly being a platform for some agenda.

So ya, pure coincidence

Maybe you can point out to people that dont like my posts that they have a problem with people with cancer