Look, okay, listen I am just as excited abt heated rivalry as everyone else, and I grew up in the number one hockey state in america, I learned to skate as soon as I could walk, I go to a huge hockey college, so like I get why hockey romance is popular, but like it has nawt escaped my attention that the whitest major league sport is the one to be get this kind of attention, both from the HR crowd as well as from the straight gals on booktok/bookstagram. Like I really don't want to stop anyone from having a good time bc I am thoroughly enjoying the canadian yaoi hockey show, but like I just want us to ruminate why hockey romance (and football romances about knockoff travis kelce) get soo much attention, but theres like so few popular sports romances about Black characters, despite there being so many Black athletes and the relationship between major league sports, Blackness, and desirability is so complex and worth writing about. Idk I just think its worth a side eye.













