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You were right – I don't care about hockey at all but I was very involved in your story 🖤

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"the teams take advantage of the fact that there are hundreds of fans who could easily replace you. "

To the elites, fans are just peasants, one step above slaves. And so we see the wealthy class exploiting workers in yet another industry so they can make their millions/billions.

Clearly, people need to wake up and stop worshipping their rulers and false idols. It's one thing to admire sporting excellence, but to tolerate this level of contempt for their fans and employees is despicable. This is why I hate the sports, fashion and movie industries. They are all founded upon and entrenching a class/caste system.

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Maybe fans shouldn't seek parasocial relationships with players? We don't know the players. We are not entitled to know them personally. Maybe social media admins shouldn't fraternize with players in a manner that disrupts their ability to do their job properly. An employee made a bad decision & thats on the culture of ownership/management? The NYR have always had a limited social media presence compared to other NHL teams. It's part of the ethos of the original 6. Newer franchises have snarky/witty socials. The NYR do not. It isnt personal

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If you want a contrast of what social media can be like, look at the presence of the Rangers cross-river rival that stomped them in their most recent game: the New Jersey Devils. Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, take your pick- it’s a lot of fun. Funny memes, memorable videos, cool player moments. It’s a great look at how a sports social media team can be.

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A NYR fan who happens to be in social media isn't a factual source, its a source of opinion & conjecture. We do not know what happened on the road. As a lawyer, it isn't difficult to imagine why the team is reticent to replace the admin. NHL players are the least self aggrandizing in all of sport. They seldom use 'I' statement unless to take blame. Their interviews are always light on real insight & the 11 things they do say to the press are well known. One can imagine no one on the team is sad the NYR players are sad the team has limited media presence.

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I fail to see where the NYR fan in question is being used as a factual source, as opposed to an opinion source.

Furthermore, as a lawyer you should appreciate the importance of writing with precise language whose meaning you fully understand; reticent ≠ reluctant. And regardless of what you meant to say, I'm not sure why the team would, from a legal perspective, be reluctant to "replace the admin." As the linked article clearly states, the offending social media employee was promptly fired at the time the incident happened. Just because the facts surrounding the incident are not publicly known, it does not mean that there are no hard facts about the incident.

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Oddly condescending comment.

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Oh, I see. Multiple comments arguing against the team having a social media presence... on a blog about the business of social media.

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Not at all intended to be condescending. But there are no hard facts about the incident.

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MSG definitely has a cultural problem, but Google “Courtney Prince” and “Anucha Brown Sanders” to understand why they’re so draconian when it comes to the slightest whiff of anything even potentially rising to the level of sexual harassment.

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Just a comment on the "security footage" - that is definitely *not* Seattle.

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