This is the Jeff Merrick Show on the Sports Net Radio Network.

Welcome back to the program.

Let me read something to you from last night.

This is after the Ivan Proveroff news came out about him not wearing the Pride

Jersey and not taking the pre-game skate with the Philadelphia Flyers on Pride night before

their game against the Anaheim ducks,

Aaron Ambrose from the Canadian national team tweets this,

let me get this straight.

You have a player that openly declines to participate

in an inclusive initiative for a community I am proud to be part of and you still

address him in the game be better at an hl flyers.

Last night online and into this morning and this afternoon as well there's been a lot of

Frustration articulated a lot of anger that's been articulated as well and with that I want to bring a board aboard Bain Pettinger. Bain is an agent with

CAA Creative Artists Agency. He came out in 2020 sharing his sexuality at the age of

33. Bain, thanks so much for doing this how are you today hey Jeff I'm I'm doing well you know

last night was a little tough but you know trying to wrap my head around at all and you know I'm thanks for having me on here to to

discuss these important issues here well let's begin and and listen thanks for

making time I know this is like this is this is tough like there are a lot of

people that were significantly hurt by this and I respect that and and feel for everyone who was hurt by it and you know one of the things that I wanted to make sure that was reflected on this program.

Like it's one thing for Elliot and I to discuss it and what it means,

but we haven't lived it.

I mean, you have lived it.

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