{"id":1139733,"date":"2021-12-21T22:51:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T03:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1139733"},"modified":"2021-12-21T22:51:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T03:51:10","slug":"nhl-snubs-bejings-genocide-games-due-to-covid-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nhl-snubs-bejings-genocide-games-due-to-covid-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Snubs Bejing&#039;s Genocide Games Due to Covid Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnhl-snubs-bejings-genocide-games-due-to-covid-surge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1139733&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The NHL and NHL Players Association have come to a mutual agreement to not participate in the Winter Genocide Games in Beijing starting in February.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN NHL reporter Greg Wyshinski:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p>The NHL and NHLPA had negotiated Olympic participation in 2022 and 2026 into the newest collective bargaining agreement after NHL players did not participate in the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The only caveat for the Beijing Olympics, scheduled for February 2022, was if the current NHL regular season was \u2018materially impacted\u2019 by COVID-19 postponements. As of Dec. 21, the NHL has postponed 50 games because of outbreaks on teams and has paused its season through Christmas, apparently meeting that threshold.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Penguins captain Sidney Crosby expressed disappointment at the news that NHL players wouldn\u2019t be able to compete in Beijing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been fortunate enough to be part of two [Olympics],\u201d Penguins captain&nbsp;Sidney Crosby&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/32918026\/sources-nhl-not-going-olympics-due-https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/32918026\/sources-nhl-not-going-olympics-due-covidcovid\">said<\/a>. \u201cI definitely feel for the guys who have missed numerous opportunities. It\u2019s not something where it\u2019s the next year or you push it a couple of months. These are experiences of a lifetime that you don\u2019t get very many of as an athlete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sidney-crosby-of-the-pittsburgh-penguins-waits-for-a-face-off-against-picture-id1357780542\" alt=\"Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins waits for a face off against the Seattle Kraken during the first period at Climate Pledge Arena on December...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>SEATTLE, WASHINGTON \u2013 DECEMBER 06: Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins waits for a face off against the Seattle Kraken during the first period at Climate Pledge Arena on December 06, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, Crosby and other NHL stars can find consolation in the fact that they will not be participating in a competition hosted by a murderous regime that imprisons and enslaves thousands upon thousands of people. China has for years, imprisoned enormous numbers of Uyghur Muslims, a minority group within China, and forced them to perform slave labor.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/tibetan-and-uyghur-activists-wear-masks-during-a-protest-against-picture-id1233609237\" alt=\"Tibetan and Uyghur activists wear masks during a protest against Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in front of the Olympics Museum in Lausanne on June 23,...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Tibetan and Uyghur activists wear masks during a protest against Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in front of the Olympics Museum in Lausanne on June 23, 2021 as some 200 participants took part to the protest. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI \/ AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Numerous human rights organizations around the world have brought enormous pressure specifically on Western nations to boycott the Games, to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Olympic rosters will now be filled by a combination of amateur players and professionals playing in leagues outside of the NHL,\u201d Wyshinski writes. \u201cThat could include North American minor leagues and overseas professional leagues like Russia\u2019s KHL. This was the setup for teams in the Pyeongchang Olympics, where the Olympic Athletes from Russia won gold.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL and NHL Players Association have come to a mutual agreement to not participate in the Winter Genocide Games in Beijing starting in February. 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