Athlete safety and inclusion in sports

Blackhawks Pride Nights Hockey — Florida Panthers center Eetu Luostarinen uses a stick with the LGBT pride flag on it before the start of an NHL hockey game against the Nashville Predators during Pride Day, Saturday, March 20, 2021, in Sunrise, Fla. The Chicago Blackhawks will not wear Pride-themed warmup jerseys before Sunday’s Pride Night game against Vancouver because of security concerns involving a Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBTQ rights in the country.

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Athlete safety and inclusion in sports

The Blackhawks will not be sporting their pride jerseys during Pride Night on Sunday due to fear and safety of their Russian players.

Florida Panthers center Eetu Luostarinen uses a stick with the LGBT pride flag on it before the start of an NHL hockey game against the Nashville Predators during Pride Day, Saturday, March 20, 2021, in Sunrise, Fla. The Chicago Blackhawks will not wear Pride-themed warmup jerseys before Sunday’s Pride Night game against Vancouver because of security concerns involving a Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBTQ rights in the country.

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By Micah Yason

The Hawks have three players with connections to Russia, and Russian recently instituted a law that bans what it calls “gay propaganda.”

Reset gets the latest details on the Blackhawks story and discusses the potential dangers international athletes face when playing in another country.

GUESTS: Cheryl-Raye Stout, WBEZ sports contributor

Rick Peltz-Steele, chancellor professor at the University of Massachusetts Law