There's already Elgses merch!
Posted on 02/04/2025 3:13:19 PM PST by Drew68
NEW ORLEANS — At his annual Super Bowl news conference Monday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell strongly supported the league’s policies designed to promote diversity at the club-employment level and said they would continue.
But during Super Bowl LIX, and with President Donald Trump apparently planning to attend on Sunday, the NFL might be making another kind of statement on the Caesars Superdome field itself. According to two league sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the discussions, league officials recently changed one of the slogans expected to be stenciled in the back of an end zone from “End Racism” to “Choose Love.”
The game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles will mark the first time since February 2021 that “End Racism” is not included as a message in the back of a Super Bowl end zone.
The switch, conveyed internally to high-level employees earlier this week, could be perceived as a nod to the current political climate. Following the lead of Trump, who was inaugurated last month, many corporations and institutions are abandoning their diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Goodell did not follow suit when asked about the league’s policies on Monday, saying he was “proud” of the league’s diversity efforts.
“We got into diversity efforts because we felt it was the right thing for the National Football League,” Goodell said. “And we’re going to continue those efforts, because we’ve not only convinced ourselves we’ve proven it to ourselves — it does make the NFL better.”
The decision to do away with “End Racism” as a slogan led at least one high-ranking league official to express concern in light of Trump’s public statements on the subject.
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Used to go skiing on stupid bowl Sunday. Knees aren’t up to it any more.
I have no problem with the messaging, except that racism is found everywhere.
I don't want to see any of it. Why do we have to have all of these virtue signalling, left-coded, longhouse messages shoved down our throats all of the time?
I just want to watch a football game.
The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.'
The sad and tragic fact is that the civil rights movement, despite its honorable and courageous past, has over the years degenerated into a demagogic hustle, promoting the mindless racism they once fought against.
Racism is not dead, but it is on life support -- kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as 'racists'
The white boys are going to be so disappointed. They were hoping to shed a little white guilt cheering for the black men.
Then try snow boarding instead. Your *** will take the pain.
How about removing the gay sayings on the back of the helmets???
So glad I stopped watching the NFL.
“Chefs” in one end zone; “Elgses” in the other.
There's already Elgses merch!
How about "CHOOSE LIFE"?
For many years now, we’ve been seeing the subtle (and not so subtle) Oprahfication and feminizing and wokeness of the NFL.
I don’t understand people who call themselves a Conservative, yet line the owner’s pockets by buying officially licensed NFL items such as caps and jerseys... Jeez.
I love Thomas Sowell as well.
And the late Walter Williams was good also.
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