Sports Talk in the Workplace
As companies move toward a more inclusive organizational culture, employee speech, such as sports chat, has been a topic of concern. Critics of sports talk in the workplace claim that it can often make female employees feel left out and foster a male-dominated culture. Supporters of sports talk in the workplace claim that any regulation on employee speech would appear as an attack on free speech, and would be met with harsh backlash.
See "Sports Talk in the Workplace", Vicky McKeever, CNBC, February 14, 2020