The point was the Damian Goddard took a stand against a pervasive politically correct viewpoint of our times, stated in a personal opinion protected by freedom of expression.. and was summarily fired for it by Rogers Sportsnet.
You can't see a correspondence between this and the clamour to fire Don Cherry??.. it has the same roots. A tyrannical conformity has established itself as to how Sports reporting can be expressed.. like it has in so many aspects of public opinion.
He worked for a Company - They decided it was an appropriate response - Did you bother to check out their policies on this? Probably not
I see that men play sports and gays do not - It is a conspiracy of gays to undermine Manly things -
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