The NFL made a news turn during Super Bowl Lix between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.
According to Sunday, February 9, the league is removing the “ultimate racism” message from behind one of the end areas within the Caesar supercommunity in New Orleans. sports. “Choose Love” and “It Takes All of Us” will be painted.
It marks the first time since February 2021 that “End of Racism” will not be written in the Super Bowl end zone.
The change was reportedly “communicated internally to senior employees earlier this week.”
NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy It said the change reflects recent events, including a terrorist attack in the French Quarter of New Orleans in January and a plane crash in Washington, D.C.
“We think this is an appropriate statement of the country’s domination in the recent tragedy and can serve as an inspiration,” McCarthy told McCarthy. sports.
The decision to remove “final racism” from the end zone is President Donald Trump He announced his intention to compete and become the first American president in history to compete in the Super Bowl.
NFL Specialist Roger Goodll (Roger Goodll) Trump (78) supported the alliance’s diversity initiative this week and issued an executive order in January directing federal agencies to end the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) program.
Goodell, 65, said on Monday, February 3: “We worked hard because we thought it was the right thing for the NFL and we will continue to work hard. Because we not only convinced ourselves, I Think we have proven that we really make the NFL better.”
“We’re not doing that because it’s a trend to get into a trend or get out of it,” Goodall added.
The NFL launched the Social Justice Initiative to Inspire Change in 2018, which “is designed to reduce barriers to opportunities, especially in communities of color, and demonstrates how the NFL families work together to create positive change.”
Two years later, after being murdered George Floyd At the pinnacle of the Black Lives Matter movement, “End racism,” “This makes us all,” “Stop hatred,” “Choose love,” and “Vote” slogans began to appear in the NFL End area.
according to sportsthe internal memo at the time said the information was intended to demonstrate “how football and the NFL unite people and help conquer racism with our example and our actions.”
The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl Lex at 6:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, February 9.
