Nflogan does not “end racism” – because of Trump?

Republican Donald Trump is the first acting president to come to the Super Bowl and the NFL does without the slogan “End Racism” in New Orleans – “ends racism” on the field. For the first time since the league started showing messages in 2020, the two words are not part of the end zone marking in a super bowl, according to US media. “It Takes All of Us” – “We all need all” in the Superdome in New Orleans on one side of the field, “Choose Love” – ​​for example: “Decide on love” on the other.

According to the league, what seems to be a prerequisite of the National Football League is only a reaction to the events of the past few weeks that the United States has hit hard. “The Super Bowl is often a snapshot of the present and the NFL in the unique position to capture and inspire the imagination of the country,” said an NFL spokesman in front of the duel of the Kansas City Chiefs with the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday (Monday ( 0.30 a.m./RTL and DAZN).

“‘Choose Love’ is appropriate in view of what our country has been through in the past few weeks with fires in South California, the terrorist attack here in New Orleans, the aircraft and helicopter crash near our capital and the aircraft crash in Philadelphia,” said NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy.

The NFL had started to place slogans in the end zones in 2020. It was a reaction to the protests against police violence and the riots in the United States after the death of George Floyd, who was unarmed in the violence of a police officer. This season, the NFL teams had the choice of “Choose Love”, “End Racism”, “It Takes All of Us”, “Vote” (“Select”), and “Stop Hate” (“Stop the Hass”) .

In the final for the title of the NFC between the Eagles and the Washington Commanders in Philadephia stood “It Takes All of Us” and “End Racism” in the end zones. At the AFC final between the Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills in Kansas City, the audience saw “It Takes All of Us” and “Choose Love”.

At the media dates on Tuesday, the visit to Trump was not a big issue. Neither the two quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes (Chiefs) and Jalen Hurts (Eagles) nor the coaches Andy Reid (Chiefs) and Nick Sirianni (Eagles) were asked about visiting the president. When Eagles professional Jordan Mailata was addressed to Trump, he replied: “You have to hide everything. Donald is not in the field. How does it help me to win the game when I think about Donald Trump, buddy?”