NBA shutdown continues, today's games all postponed

In case you somehow, some way missed it yesterday, the NBA effectively shutdown after the Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the court in a show of protest against the issues of police brutality and racial inequality in the wake of Jacob Blake's shooting in Kenosha, WI. Several other NBA teams followed suit, to the point where the entire league elected to postpone games.

Today, NBA players met and held a vote on whether or not to continue the season and reportedly came to the conclusion that they will in fact return to play, but that today's games will be postponed just as they were yesterday.

Check it out:

The NBA's players have decided to resume the playoffs, source tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 27, 2020

Today's three playoff games will be postponed, source tells ESPN. Discussion underway on when teams will resume play. https://t.co/A2PazNKDhy
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 27, 2020

Meanwhile, the NHL and NHLPA have agreed to meet laster today to discuss the potentiality of a player-led walkout and the postponement of tonight's games between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Islanders, as well as the Vegas Golden Knights and Vancouver Canucks. TSN's Darren Dreger was the first to report this development.

Check it out:

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA Exec Dir, Don Fehr spoke yesterday and it’s expected there will be a number of discussions between the NHL/NHLPA and players today. Unlikely the NHL changes it’s position unless driven by players.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) August 27, 2020

It remains to be seen what comes from today's meeting between the NHL and the NHLPA if anything, but I'd imagine that the league will issue some kind of statement and re-affirm its commitment to the Hockey Diversity Alliance led by outspoken NHL stars like Evander Kane and Matt Dumba. Other than that I would expect little in terms of action or substance from the NHL.

The fact of the matter is that the NHL is a business. More than that actually, it's an entire industry. I don't know about you, but I don't set my moral compass based on anything that an industry or business states publicly. I'm not looking to the NHL as some beacon of virtue, to stand up for what's right and to make the world a better place. I look to the NHL to provide me with entertainment and to take my money as payment for that entertainment. Nothing more, nothing less.

If you're looking for real action, it has to come from the players. After all, that's exactly how things have played out in the NBA. The NBA didn't decide to postpone games. It was forced to do so by the actions of the players. Maybe I'm wrong here, but I can't ever see the NHL "going dark" and shutting down its operations to raise awareness unless forced to do so by the players themselves.

Oh to be a fly on the wall in today's meeting...