At least one hockey announcer and team executive in the U.K. thinks two men kissing has no place in hockey. When two men leaned over to kiss one another during a Kiss Cam moment at a Sheffield Steelers hockey game last Saturday, announcer David Simms (an employee with the team) called it “disgusting” and asked that the men be removed from the rink. — Craig Forman (@FormanCraig) March 4, 2017Two blokes kiss on the big screen and @steelershockey announcer says "that's disgusting, get them out" joke or not, that's homophobic. “David’s actions on Saturday night were foolish and thoughtless,” Steelers managing director Tony Smith said in a statement. “Maybe I live in a different world,” Simms told the BBC after the event.

Source: Huffington Post March 09, 2017 17:15 UTC