...would probably draw enough lawsuits to bankrupt the team.

They forfeited. They should also forfeit whatever pay they'd have gotten for the game. That's probably the best we can hope for.

Asshats.

to benefit the team on field. It would die in court.

Wearing the uniform given to them is required in their contract and this was a PR thing as well.

They just voided their contracts.

But I have no idea how their contracts read.

I do know that for every single one of those players, there is an enormous amount of quality players who would be thrilled for a shot at the bigs & would be willing to wear rainbow hats. Of this I am quite certain.

They sound like a bunch of magat man babies to me.

on top of that, these pricks just showed their beliefs mean more than the team. That alone warrants being released because they are not team members.

Bunch of I-me-gimmie assholes imo.

I hope they at least don't get paid for the game & that none of them make it to the bigs!

...the players would almost certainly sue anyway, and some right-wing legal outfit will represent them pro bono for violation of first amendment rights. Their case might be as worthless as a Trump promise, but the players will pay nothing while the team goes bankrupt defending itself.

Although I can't recall this happening with a sports franchise, it's happened with other businesses and even government agencies. Someone violates their contract to make some sort of right-wing point; they're terminated; they sue; they lose, but because some ideologue represented them at no cost, they spend nothing while the business spends enormously to defend itself. Or the business settles with the former employer, maybe losing less than if they'd gone to court, but still losing. And the former players get even more attention.

How hard is it to say "I disagree with the message that the team is sending with this, but my team and ownership are doing it and since I am part of this team, I will do what is required by my contract. But I am against (whatever it is). With that said, I am 100% a (member of what team) and will do what we are working at doing: Win a championship."

The athlete said their piece, was respectful to the team, and lived up to their contract.

Replacing them would likely make the team finish in last place, which would tank earnings.

Always about greed.

Let them lose league points, forfeit them to the team they were scheduled to play. Lose the concession sales, hurt the sponsors, hurt the vendors, the security, the parking and the fans. No pay for the team.
It might seem rough on those not opposed, but let's put the homophobes into the spotlight, let them take some heat

schedule since they don’t have enough decent humans to bench them all at once. Rinse and repeat. So much for America’s pastime.

Dude....the Bananas would wear full rainbow uniforms

Fuck these talentless pricks

Give me backflips!

Hateful bigots emboldened by the right’s war on diversity, inclusion, and individual liberty.

Back in the days of the Revolution, these players like would have been Tories.

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Seven members of the Revolution refused to wear the uniforms at last year’s Pride Night, Shipley said.

“We still played the game,” he said. “We didn’t make a big fuss of it.”