{"id":2266073,"date":"2024-06-12T14:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T18:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-steelers-coach-mike-tomlin-tell-players-not-to-participate-in-pride-month\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T14:42:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T18:42:54","slug":"fact-check-did-steelers-coach-mike-tomlin-tell-players-not-to-participate-in-pride-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-steelers-coach-mike-tomlin-tell-players-not-to-participate-in-pride-month\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Steelers&#8217; Coach Mike Tomlin Instruct Players to Skip Pride Month Events?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Ffact-check-did-steelers-coach-mike-tomlin-tell-players-not-to-participate-in-pride-month%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=2266073&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>The text describes a controversial claim shared on social media, stating\u200d that Mike Tomlin, the \u2063coach of the Pittsburgh\u200b Steelers,\u2064 instructed \u200chis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women's Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears 'Black Lives Matter'\">players<\/a> not\u2063 to engage in Pride Month activities. According to the claim, which originated from a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-donald-trump-release-this-fathers-day-statement-insulting-dick-cheney-and-ron-desantis\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Donald Trump Release This Father\u2019s Day Statement Insulting Dick Cheney And Ron DeSantis?\">satirical account<\/a>, Tomlin justified this by \u200csaying\u2064 the team&#8217;s focus should be on playing football rather than participating \u2062in social or political movements. However,\u200c the contentious nature \u2064of this statement is mitigated by the \u2062revelation that it stemmed\u2062 from \u200ba satirical\u2063 source, indicating that the \u200breport might not\u2062 be factual.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"22.927522037218\">\n<div readability=\"11.795315682281\">\n<p>A post<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sam230560\/status\/1799805631203008630\"> shared on social media<\/a><span class=\"gmail-apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>purports that Pittsburg Steelers\u2019 head coach Mike Tomlin told players not to participate in Pride Month.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.488636363636\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In a move that shocked both the sports community and society, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin directed his team not to participate in a Pride Month activities, Tomlin said: \u201cWe\u2019re here to play football, not to participate in social or political movements.\u201d<br \/>\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KRlIyAuAL4\">pic.twitter.com\/KRlIyAuAL4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Ghannoum (@Sam230560) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sam230560\/status\/1799805631203008630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>The claim stems from a satirical account.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"9.4915254237288\">\n<p>Daily Show host Jon Stewart mocked corporations for pandering during Pride Month, according to<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/article\/2024\/jun\/11\/jon-stewart-late-night-tv-pride-trump\">The Guardian<\/a>. Stewart claimed that companies like Target exploit LGBT issues and pretend to care about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-bans-gop-account-allows-inflammatory-dnc-ads\/\" title=\"Facebook bans GOP account, allows inflammatory DNC ads\">social issues<\/a> to sell their products.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<p>A post shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, alleges that Tomlin told team members they are not allowed to participate in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/p-is-full-of-pride-nickelodeons-blues-clues-pushes-lgbtq-message\/\" title=\"\u2018P Is Full Of Pride\u2019: Nickelodeon\u2019s \u2018Blues Clues\u2019 Pushes LGBTQ Message\">pride month<\/a>. The post shared a photo of the coach and one of a Pride celebration.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"13\">\n<p>The post reads, \u201cIn a move that shocked both the sports community and society, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin directed his team not to participate in a Pride Month activities, Tomlin said: \u2018We\u2019re here to play football, not to participate in social or political movements.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"7.7922077922078\">\n<p>The claim is inaccurate. There is no<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/steelers-tomlin-pride\/\">credible news report<\/a><span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>that suggests that this claim is accurate. The report stems from a satirical news outlet called<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/esspots.com\/breaking-steelers-coach-tomlin-directs-team-to-not-participate-in-pride-month-its-woke-crap\/\">Esspots.com<\/a>. The article claims Tomlin called Pride Month \u201cwoke crap.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"7.6235294117647\">\n<p>This is not the first time misinformation has been shared online. Check Your Fact recently<span class=\"gmail-apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/06\/03\/fact-check-lia-thomas-try-out-mens-olympic-team\/\">debunked<\/a><span class=\"gmail-apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>a claim Lia Thomas was told to try out for the men\u2019s Olympic team.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A social media post claims that Pittsburgh Steelers&#8217; head coach Mike Tomlin instructed his team to avoid participating in Pride Month activities. Tomlin reportedly stated, &#8220;We&#8217;re here to play football,&#8221; sparking surprise in both the sports world and broader society<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1245,"featured_media":2266074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Tomlin-e1634897299593.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2266073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Tomlin-e1634897299593.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266073","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\/1245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2266073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2266074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2266073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2266073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}