Last Thursday, long-time NHL insider and Canadian sportscaster John Shannon tweeted this to his nearly 150,000 followers:
Source confirms that the NHL is planning the private purchase of a COVID vaccine for all constituents involved in the potential upcoming season.
— John Shannon (@JShannonhl) December 10, 2020
This is a bad look for the NHL, to say the least.
The replies to Shannon’s tweet were messy and understandably angry. Most sentiments echoed the necessity to vaccinate frontline workers as soon as possible and the outrage at the influence of wealth and culture capital that could potentially allow the NHL to ‘jump the line.