{"id":1808314,"date":"2023-01-17T11:06:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T16:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1808314"},"modified":"2023-01-17T11:09:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T16:09:45","slug":"nhl-backs-off-after-desantiss-office-calls-out-discriminatory-job-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nhl-backs-off-after-desantiss-office-calls-out-discriminatory-job-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Backs off After Desantis\u2019s Office Calls Out \u201cDiscriminatory\u201d Job Fair"},"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\">22<\/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-backs-off-after-desantiss-office-calls-out-discriminatory-job-fair%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=1808314&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-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Florida-Gov-Ron-DeSantis-8-2022-gettyimages-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">After Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s office slammed the event as \u201cdiscriminatory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">The league will host the \u201cPathway to Hockey Summit\u201d Event for job seekers on February 2nd in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The NHL All-Star Game will be played in Sunrise, Florida two days later.<\/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<p>The league posted a LinkedIn post, which was deleted one week ago, promoting the event, but stating that participation was limited to certain people.<\/p>\n<p>These are the requirements:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Participants must be aged 18 or older and based in the U.S. Veterans are welcome to attend and encouraged.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In response to the event\u2019s participation requirements, DeSantis\u2019s press secretary Bryan Griffin released a scathing statement calling the event \u201cdiscriminatory.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The reply was:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Florida is against discrimination of any kind. We do not believe in the notion that discrimination should not be allowed if it is applied to a politically popular demographic or in a politically unpopular manner. We will combat all forms of discrimination in schools and workplaces.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis\u2019s office then called for the NHL to \u201cimmediately remove and denounce the discriminatory prohibitions it has imposed on attendance to the 2023 \u2018Pathway to Hockey\u2019 summit.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovRonDeSantis<\/a> Spox condemns NHL hosting summit where participants must agree to. \u201cidentify as female, Black, Asian\/Pacific Islander, Hispanic\/Latino ..\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiscrimination of any sort is not welcome in the state of Florida,\u201d Spox says <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanDGriffin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BryanDGriffin<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fPQvS4PAlr\">pic.twitter.com\/fPQvS4PAlr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MAHSA SAEIDI, ESQ.\ud83d\udd75\ud83c\udffc \u200e\u0645\u0647\u0633\u0627 (@MahsaWho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MahsaWho\/status\/1614054703263784961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since then, the league has retreated and claimed that \u201coriginal wording to the LinkedIn post associated with the event was not accurate,\u201d Fox News was informed by a spokesperson for the NHL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">\u201cThe Pathway to Hockey Summit is an informational and networking event designed to encourage all individuals to consider a career in our game \u2013 and, in particular, alert those who might not be familiar with hockey to the opportunities it offers,\u201d According to the spokesperson.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Fox News pointed out that the league had removed the LinkedIn post and stated that anyone can apply for the job fair if they are 18 years or older.<\/p>\n<p>After the NHL, the NHL reverses the controversial eligibility requirements. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/10\/19\/nhl-commits-increasing-diversity-reduce-share-white-players-employees\/\">released<\/a> A diversity and inclusion report was released in October. It stated a commitment to employing practices that are related to \u201cracial demographics,\u201d \u201cgender identity,\u201d And \u201csexual orientation,\u201d Breitbart News reported.<\/p>\n<p>The NHL will be broadcast the following month. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/11\/22\/trans-women-are-women-nhl-goes-ultra-woke-supports-all-trans-nonbinary-hockey-tournament\/\">signaled<\/a> Its support for a \u201ctransgender and nonbinary\u201d Hockey tournament in Wisconsin The league tweeted the following: \u201cTrans Women are women. Trans men are men. Nonbinary identity is real,\u201d in response to a Twitter user who questioned whether men would play on a women\u2019s team at the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a tournament game, a transgender player can play seriously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/12\/14\/trans-hockey-tournament-clarifies-nhls-involvement-after-video-of-concussed-female-player-goes-viral\/\">injured<\/a> a\u00a0transgender female-to-male player after delivering an open-ice hit. The concussion suffered by the player was reported to be severe.<\/p>\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">You can follow Ethan Letkeman Twitter @\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EthanLetkeman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EthanLetkeman\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">@EthanLetkeman<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s office slammed the event as \u201cdiscriminatory.\u201d The league will host the \u201cPathway to Hockey Summit\u201d Event for job seekers on February 2nd in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The NHL All-Star Game will be played in Sunrise, Florida two days later. The league posted a LinkedIn post, which was deleted one week ago, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1808317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[14839,5458,3755,9308,9595,7819,7596,5660,3819],"class_list":["post-1808314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-discriminatory","tag-bongino","tag-calls","tag-desantiss","tag-fair","tag-job","tag-nhl","tag-office","tag-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1808314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1808317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1808314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1808314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1808314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}