Lord Al Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Quote The Washington Capitals and Capital One Arena were criticized on Friday afternoon after two fans said they weren’t allowed inside for the Caps-Hurricanes game due to bringing a Ukrainian flag. Quote The fans were then shown the following policies by Capital One Arena staff that included the text “No Ukraine and Russia signs.” Capital One Arena, through its Twitter account, responded to the controversy by directing fans to review its security policies that allow “national flags at events so long as they don’t obstruct views or hinder game experience.” The comment suggests that the arena was distancing itself from the staff’s decision. Quote The fans’ experience appears to be an isolated incident where arena security interpreted the updated policy differently than others. https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2022/03/04/capital-one-arena-clarifies-policy-after-fans-holding-ukrainian-flag-not-allowed-to-enter/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirtyONE Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 I dunno if I buy the "they support Putin" line. Seems more like the whole thing is a giant headache they don't feel like dealing with. I don't agree with the strategy, but they're not Putin apologists, just cowards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Neither the headline of the thread nor the tweet reflect what the document pictured says. Unless I missed something, it says no Ukraine OR Russia signage. Seems pretty clear they want to remove war from the equation completely. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Heaven Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) But yet there is video of someone brandishing a Russian flag like 5 rows from the ice Edited March 4, 2022 by Blue Heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 23 minutes ago, Blue Heaven said: But yet there is video of someone brandishing a Russian flag like 5 rows from the ice I'm not familiar, when was that video taken, and when were these game time rules implemented? Is it possible that these rules were implemented because of the flags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Al Posted March 5, 2022 Author Share Posted March 5, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) DAMMIT Edited March 5, 2022 by Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Al Posted March 5, 2022 Author Share Posted March 5, 2022 Start at The seven minute mark for the explanation on this https://youtu.be/vVxoEuAmAkg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, Lord Al said: Start at The seven minute mark for the explanation on this https://youtu.be/vVxoEuAmAkg Sorry but that video doesn't explain anything, and it's also posting the same misinformation around saying Ukrainian flags were banned. That's not what happened, flags from both countries were banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 I've updated the OP to better reflect the most recent updates to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Bro went back to back title edits and ended up with that mouthful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 You want a third? "Josh banned from this thread" :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 10 minutes ago, Phil said: You want a third? "Josh banned from this thread" :rofl: No way you’d settle for something so vague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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H-Dreamer Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) Yet the typo in the Thread title about consequences for Russian players remains. Edited March 5, 2022 by H-Dreamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Edmonton had some Ukrainian choir sing the anthems, Ukrainian and Canadian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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