Nassim Taleb, one of this generation's great risk analysts/intellectuals and the award winning author of "The Black Swan" and "Antifragile" has a new book, "Skin in the Game". Perhaps Cathal Kelly should read it.

http://nassimtaleb.org/tag/skin-in-the-game/

The NHL and its mostly Canadian and European has no skin in the game of US politics and race relations. The wisest course is to do/say nothing about and carry on as usual.