The NHL said “Olympic participation is no longer feasible”

The NHL has withdrawn from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing after the regular-season schedule was disrupted due to COVID-19 outbreaks amid the continued spread of the Omicron variant.

NHL players will not be allowed to participate in the Beijing Olympics after the league pulled the plug amid a rash of postponements caused by positive COVID-19 test results.

NHL backs out of the Beijing Olympics due to surge in Covid cases, removing the world’s best hockey players from the one of the games’ showcase sports.

What people are saying?

Michael Buchanan Correct. Everyone needs to stay home. Never go outside. never go into any building where another person is. Even if vaxxed and masked, the virus can still spread. We need people to stay safe.

whoisthat Good decision. Vaccines are working. People in the league are not dying or becoming seriously ill. Vax’ed people can still spread it to the unvaxed, so keeping them away is smart. It’s a better idea than the unvax’ed idea, which is always “do nothing”.