The announcement comes the same day a White House official told NBC News that President Donald Trump would be attending the game.

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    I think people are reading too much into this. They’re changing it to ‘Choose Love,’ as an obvious shot at the orange-haired man who’s never gotten a hug.

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    Not sure I understand the point of the NFL with these anti racism sayings.

    Like is there anyone racist out there that reads these and changes their mind?

    That’s not how racism works at all.

    NFL can continue doing what they want I just don’t see the purpose.

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      The message isn’t to stop people from being racist. It’s to stop the racists from being part of their fanbase. Macho sports are really susceptible to concentrations of assholes and they need to be actively discouraged or they will take over.

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      It also normalizes the idea by making it ever present. Even if people don’t directly act on it, the message is there being presented as the normal thing society does. It pushes anti racism towards being an ambient condition by exerting a (slight) social pressure.

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      I, for one, have found racism considerably less appealing since reading this sideways in endzones. Thanks NFL for making me not a bigot anymore. I think blacks are probably fine now.

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        Of course this was not about to end racism, but building safe space to not trigger the racists is encouraging them.

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            For real. NFL is a business, and every decision they make must tip the scale of “will this make us money”.

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    Legit question. What happens if every single black player just REFUSES to play at the superbowl?

    Like, lets say you get opening kickoff, and it’s a white guy kicker. So he kicks the ball. It lands at about the 15 yard line. And just NOBODY even attempts anything. They all just stand there, pointing at the endzones.

    And it’s both teams. I don’t know exact numbers, but I’d guess every teams roster is 90%+ black.

    And since it’s both teams, you can’t call one side a forfeit.

    I think they should. Embarass the NFL on the biggest stage. The game is Feb 9th. This would be the lead story Feb 10th. They either repaint it back onto the endzones DURING the game, reschedule the game, or the whole game is 0-0, with a clock running down for 3 hours.

    What would the NFL do?

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      Unfortunately, those players make so much money that it moves them into the big club that we ain’t in. Not a lot of class/race solidarity there, from what I’ve seen…just solidarity with whatever gets them paid.

      Which I guess makes sense. The sport itself is extremely predatory, preying on young, very poor (usually) black men, offering them the promise of wealth they wouldn’t normally have access to—if they just sell their bodies and physical health to the wealthier white men who own them. So they work their asses off all through high school and college to hopefully have the chance at the NFL; joining the league literally becomes the culmination of their life’s work.

      Not many want to actually rock that boat.

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      Every single Black player. They’re a team, and I’m willing to believe they respect each other enough to stand still for each other.

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      Fire all black people and somehow fault them for the whole thing.

      At least if the rest of the country does not show solidarity and doesn’t organize a general strike - which is illegal by the way.

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        Fire every black person in the NFL??? Hooooooooboy.

        2026 headline. “NFL viewership falls to 3. As in there are now 3 people still watching.”

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        Why are people talking about a general strike in the USA? Surely you must realise everyone is too busy keeping their heads above water.

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          Why are people talking about a general strike in the USA? Surely you must realise everyone is too busy keeping their heads above water.

          As opposed to the other general strikes done in times of plenty and happiness?

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            Our healthcare is tied to our work here in America. Losing that kind of safety net is scary, especially when you will be beaten by police for protesting, and now you need to go to the hospital.

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          What the fuck? No wonder Trump is doing whatever the fuck he wants, Americans are too busy thinking about losing some of the comfort if they try raising their voice.

          General strike and massive protests should have happened days ago.

          It is beyond surreal that he is just face fucking everyone right now, and noone is doing anything. Because they are worried about losing their comfort.

          Just wait a bit longer and you won’t have any comfort left anyway.

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            Honey, sweetheart, half the population voted for him. He won the popular vote.

            Half the population would work as scabs for free.

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              Honey, sweetheart, I used to fight the fucking police during protests, over the course of years, in pretty much authoritarian society, where I was a minority by any means. We eventually won.

              Americans are fucking cowards.For all the talk about their guns and bravery and freedom and all that shit, they are just paper tigers. Americans got comfortable and would now rather suck a dick than suffer some discomfort. Fucking representatives writing strongly worded posts on Twitter or BlueSky instead of raising hell on the streets. Incredible.

              Also, 33% of eligible voters voted for Trump, so don’t act as if he has some massive majority.

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    Wouldn’t want the snowflakes feeling bad about their natural tendencies, would we?

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    Interested to see if Kendrick is gonna have ANYTHING to say about the state of things at his performance at the halftime show.

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      He’ll call Drake a racist and the crowd will go wild. That’s the state of things.

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        If that’s all that happens, I’m not sure how I’ll feel about him going forward. Isn’t he meant to be the thinking man’s rapper? Kind of an educated leftist type? For him to accept a Superbowl halftime show and not be planning ANYTHING would make so much of his work and messaging become hollow to me.

        On the other hand, idk what he would even do besides saying ‘fuck Trump’. That would be the weakest, most watered down shit, but you’re 100% right, that’s the state of things.

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    Stupid article with irritating title. They’re just changing it to Choose Love, which apparently was one of the other messages used this season.

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      “Choose Love” sounds a lot like the message that pastor had at his inauguration. Point being, he’s likely to be offended by that as well.

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      I think the point is more that they are changing it to appease the great big orange convicted criminal who is currently gutting our government and destroying affirmative action in the name of “efficiency” with a literal Nazi at the helm of that effort.

      But hey, it’s only a nationally televised sporting event so who cares. 😒

      Fuck the NFL. I honestly hope people torch the Superbowl over this and FuckwADUS attending like Nero in the colosseum.

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    Responding to the collective movement of 2020 with endzone prints was a bad look. Removing them is an even worse look. It’s like when google changed their slogan from “Don’t be evil”

    Yeah we all knew they were evil before, but when they stopped claiming to not be evil they got worse.

    Well. This is that for the NFL. They did almost nothing to help their players and fans, and now they’re doing even less.

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    They can save time by only removing ND from END and adding MOR before END.

    /j

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    Not everything has to be drenched in politics at all times. And doing so is not a crime, aside to those cultist people, whether they are on the right or the left.

    Edit:

    Wow. Some people here really want politics into everything.

    Shocker: Not everyone wants that, 24/7. That is how you alienate average people and why trump got elected.

    Not because people are racist, as this sort of thing comes off as a cult. Despite the obvious good intentions. Can’t be the only one that sees this. I mean, can’t be, since the orange man won. And I say this as a non-American looking in.

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      You need to realize the privilege you have to say this. There is a mass erasure of people going on.

      Acknowledging the world has issues, and active removal of that acknowledgement is not just fucking “politics.” It’s about humanity. It’s about respecting people. It’s about progress.

      This is being done to appease the same fat shithead nazi who is scrubbing Trans from the government. Who is stoking fear into the lives of millions because of the ACTIVE effort to suppress them and their concerns.

      And this isn’t only a US issue. There’s been a clear push towards fascism worldwide for a while.

      You don’t see that because you have some kind of privilege, or you just idiotically have your head in the sand.

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      When did, “End Racism” become a controversial political statement? 🤔

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        You are missing the point, friend. Sometimes no politics, or messaging or virtue signaling is better or desired. I do need or want to end a video game stage with AE flashing a banner that reads, “Consume less corn syrup!” At all times. Despite the fact we all know that consuming it leads to obesity. Does that sound crazy to you? Or does everything, everywhere has to be covered in slogans?

        Or do you honestly assume the vast majority people are retarded or evil that do not want to avoid racism without being having to be reminded of it 24/7? 'Cause despite the good intentions, that is how you annoy the hell out of people as it is both patronising and tiring. That is partly the reason why Trump got elected. Let’s not make the problem worse. Let sport be sport.

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          You’re missing the point here. Sporting events being allowed to be held is politics. Women being allowed inside is politics. Black athletes playing it is politics. Surrounding the stadium with a parking lot as big as a small city is politics and removing the sign is a political statement just as much as putting it in the first place was.

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          Dude, I bet you barely noticed it was even there until there was a headline about it being removed. Don’t pretend some fucking blot has been removed from your otherwise pristine, non-politicized sporting event and you can finally relax.

          And if it was a constant source of irritation for you, I stand by my prior comment.

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          Oh, I see. Your problem is that you’re concerned it’s taking up space… a space that would otherwise be filled with an advertisement trying to sell you something. Interesting.

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            That is literally not what I said.

            Why are you attempting to side step my point? Are you doing that on purpose, or in bad faith?

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              Yes, it is. You’re upset about being shown an anti-racist message, and the alternative to that, whether you acknowledge it or not, is that you will be shown an advertisement in the same space. So it’s 100% accurate to say that you dislike seeing an anti-racist message so much that you’d rather be shown an ad.

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        Do you think people need to be annoyed or reminded of this 24/7? Why not put, Eat more vegetables? Or, Water Great! Or, Chew your food before swallowing to prevent choking? Point is that as well meaning as they are, the constant, propaganda style messaging is annoying. And counterproductive, unless you think you are special and the only one who wants to be, you know, not racist. It comes off as patronising. I mean, you may disagree but I am sure this is a big reason why it is being removed.

        Why do you not tattoo end racism on your forehead? You are not being political, you just want to remind people of something most people actively do not want to be. Do it. Take a photo of it. Unless you are a racist, because why would you not do it, otherwise?

        I look forward to you posting a photo of your forehead.

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          Do you think people need to be annoyed or reminded of this 24/7?

          I’m really sorry that it may annoy you to be reminded of all the non-white folks who continue to struggle under a now increasingly racist nation. A nation, I might add, which is on an upward trajectory of bigotry and racism due to the current president, who I am 100% sure is directly or indirectly responsible for the removal of the slogan.

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          People not eating vegetables or not drinking an optimal amount of water doesn’t kill them. You know what kills people? Racialized violence that’s normalized by society.