White, the president and CEO of UFC, joined "Tomi Lahren Is Fearless" and was asked why the promotion doesn’t host a Pride Night.The question came as Pride-themed events are once again causing controversy in sports, most recently with the San Francisco Giants.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE"I don’t give a s---.
I don’t care what you are or who you are or what you do.We don’t talk about that or any of that stuff," White told Lahren.
"I’m just not into it."UFC CEO Dana White explains why the promotion doesn't host Pride Night, saying the organization treats people well without needing corporate campaigns.(Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)White’s argument is not that gay fighters, fans or employees are unwelcome in the UFC.
It is that the UFC doesn’t need a theme night, a special logo or a public-relations campaign to prove it treats people with respect.And it’s not difficult to understand why White wants no part of that game.Giants pitchers Landen Roupp, J.T.Brubaker and Ryan Walker recently wrote Bible verse references on rainbow-logo Pride Night caps during San Francisco’s June 12 game.
Roupp wrote "Gen 9:12-16," a reference to the biblical passage describing the rainbow as a sign of God’s covenant after the flood.Reliever Sam Hentges wore the team’s standard cap instead of the Pride-themed version.MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WARNS SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS PLAYERS FOR WRITING BIBLE VERSES ON PRIDE NIGHT HATSMLB responded by issuing what Commissioner Rob Manfred later described as "a routine oral warning" because league rules prohibit players from writing or displaying personal messages on uniforms or equipment.
But Manfred later told Sen.Josh Hawley that the players wouldn’t be fined or disciplined, and said the warning was about the league’s uniform policy, not the religious content of the Bible verses.
He also acknowledged MLB issued the warning before learning the Giants hadn’t clearly told players they could wear regula...