Just in time for Sydney WorldPride, a survey found that most bosses in Australia’s NRL oppose celebrating LGBTQ people on the pitch.
Sydney WorldPride 2023 is currently underway and there are numerous ways to celebrate, from attending the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade to belting “Beg For You” at the top of your lungs at a Charli XCX concert.
Or, you could go the way of the National Rugby League, and decide not to acknowledge Pride at all.
According to a recent poll by the Sydney Morning Herald, 82 percent of NRL club heads are against holding a league-wide Pride Round. The paper posed the question to all 34 NRL club chief execs…