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Taipans pull pin on pride jersey due to 'abuse' - CtrlF.XYZ

Taipans pull pin on pride jersey due to 'abuse'

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A "barrage of maltreatment and harmful commentary" led to Cairns Taipans players to wantonness plans to deterioration a pridefulness jersey up of their NBL clash connected Friday night, the nine said successful a statement.

Earlier this week aggregate Taipans players reportedly voiced concerns astir wearing a rainbow logo connected their jerseys owed to their spiritual beliefs.

The nine released a connection earlier Wednesday night's tip-off against South East Melbourne Phoenix, declaring it would not instrumentality part.

"Some of america person LGBTIQA+ radical successful our families and privation thing much than to correspond them successful a affirmative and spirited way," the connection said.

"This inaugural should beryllium a celebration, however, our squad has already been subjected to a barrage of maltreatment and harmful commentary that has led to individuals being targeted and shamed.

"This is simply a antagonistic distraction to what should beryllium a affirmative acquisition crossed the game, and present we consciousness arsenic though our lone prime arsenic a squad is to collectively opt retired of this season's uniforms.

"This is not a reflection of our idiosyncratic stances oregon idiosyncratic views, but a extortion of our brothers that are being acceptable up to beryllium vilified and nary longer consciousness arsenic though they person a harmless abstraction successful our sport.

"Positive alteration requires affirmative action, and we judge we tin champion antithetic radical and groups successful our nine without persecuting others successful the process.

"We anticipation everyone finds it successful their hearts to understand."

The connection was signed by the Taipans squad.

The NBL was supportive of Cairns' decision, confirming it would not unit players oregon teams to deterioration Pride circular jerseys.

"The NBL afloat respects and understands that determination whitethorn beryllium radical successful the assemblage with antithetic views to those being conveyed done the Champion Pride round," league brag Larry Kestelman said.

"Hence we person not mandated that our players person to deterioration the Pride jersey and if immoderate subordinate oregon squad elite not to deterioration the jersey, we volition respect that decision."

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