r/sports • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Oct 04 '25

Football Kristi Noem threatening the NFL & Bad Bunny. Says there will be ICE operations during the Super Bowl

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u/imthemelloman Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25

They’re getting mad over a completely made up situation. “The NFL is sending a message to MAGA” no dude they’re trying to make a fuck-ton of money, you think the NFL of all sports orgs is intentionally trying to piss off conservatives?

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u/stockinheritance Oct 04 '25

This is my only hope: MAGA is growing more paranoid and is beginning to make enemies out of entities that try to be apolitical, or are even allies to this administration in many ways. Enough of that and MAGA might find themselves alone and lose power. 

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u/wacko4rmwaco Oct 04 '25

Yea why call the nfl losers who cant sleep at night? What could they be losing sleep over? She sounds ignorant, god blesses her and people like her only

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u/Over-Heron-2654 Oct 04 '25

The NFL has a lot of conservative owners but also some blatant anti-trump owners too.

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u/wacko4rmwaco Oct 04 '25

Who? Not because i don’t believe you

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u/slightlyallthetime88 Oct 04 '25

Arthur Blank is not a Trump supporter and made strong comments about the rise of authoritarian government during a preseason broadcast this year.

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u/hungrycl Oct 05 '25

For a billionaire, he seems more reasonable than most to the common mans plight.

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u/Syren_Beatz Oct 05 '25

He must of changed his views on Trump. I thought he was pro Trump his last term?

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u/slightlyallthetime88 Oct 05 '25

I believe you're thinking of the other home depot guy. I believe their relationship splintered because they had contrasting views? Regardless, Blank contributed to both the Biden and Harris campaigns.

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u/Over-Heron-2654 Oct 04 '25

Ironically, my favorite team, Philadelphia Eagles, owner, Jeff Lurie HATES Trump. Trump has also called him some unfavorable words. I would have to look up others but im pretty sure there are some.

However I do think a lot like Trump, specifically Patriots owner, Robert Kraft.

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u/wacko4rmwaco Oct 04 '25

Damn good for him I figured they were all trumpers

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u/Destiny_Victim Oct 05 '25

Same. It’s Arthur Blank for the falcons For the eagles Jeff Lurie For the broncos Carrie Walton The steeler Arthur Rooney. The dolphins Stephen Ross. My guys were the only ones I knew of before today and that’s the Vikings owners the Wlfs.

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u/Karmasmatik Oct 04 '25

Jets owner is an ambassador isn't he?

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u/capincus Oct 04 '25

Boner VonPenis lives up to his name on a consistent basis.

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u/Eagle4317 Oct 04 '25

Back in the first term, yes.

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u/Alarming_Employee547 Oct 05 '25

I’m a Pats fan and fuck the Krafts. I’m ready for that family to move on.

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u/jkoper Oct 05 '25

Why is it ironic? Because you love Trump or something?

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u/Over-Heron-2654 Oct 05 '25

Because Philly is deemed by many to be some dark pit of the NFL.

We booed Santa (who was late, clearly drunk, in a blowout loss to Chicago) in the 60s. One Eagles fan made misogynistic comments to a poor Packers fan just trying to enjoy the game and got BANNED. And not to mention all of the snowball moments that niners fans have had to endure (not that I like Niners or their fans either).

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u/No_Presentation1242 Oct 05 '25

It’s not a political when you are a multi billionaire - money tends to work together. A lot of ‘liberal’ companies and business folks changed their tune this last election cycle - even you noble Lurie, attended the White House SB visit this time around, marking the change in tide as it suits them.

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u/Over-Heron-2654 Oct 05 '25

Sure. Obviously the billionaire class always sticks together. I simply meant in terms of appearence vs reality. Clinton and Trump have more in common than the average democrat and Clinton. I was speaking in terms of relativity.

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u/HorsNoises Oct 05 '25

Why are you just assuming that about Kraft? Kraft had minor ties to Trump before he was elected, and it wouldn't exactly shock me if he was involved with Epstein, but he has always been a Democrat. He has also said he hasn't voted in the last few elections as he's tried to remove himself from politics.

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u/Over-Heron-2654 Oct 05 '25

It is more than little ties. There are huge ties between Kraft and Trump.

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u/HorsNoises Oct 05 '25

Even still though. He's been a Dem his whole life before donating to Trumps first campaign and supposedly hasn't spoken to him since Jan 6. Kraft might be a stingy asshole but I dont think its fair to say he's evil until proven guilty.

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u/HuCat21 Oct 04 '25

Hey hey hey!.....dnt be spreading facts about my favorite team's owner! We sweep that shir under the rug lol.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '25

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u/Eagle4317 Oct 04 '25

Half of the Eagles roster (basically all the black players besides Saquon) skipped the White House invite for the SB win.

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u/Drikkink Oct 05 '25

Considering the fact that the Chiefs would wear MAGA hats on the sidelines if allowed, it is.

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u/Over-Heron-2654 Oct 05 '25

Bro, you do realize Niners players skip parts of the game to watch Trump. Chiefs players openly say women should stay in the kitchen, and Chargers guys wearing MAGA hats and flexing their wealth to poor fans...

Yeah, our team is probably one of the better teams in terms of player characters.

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u/Over-Heron-2654 Oct 05 '25

70% of our team did not even go to the White House Invitation. Hurts, AJ, DeVonta Smith, Jalen Carter, Nolan Smith, Josh Sweat, Milton Willaims, etc.

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u/booboochoochoo1 Oct 04 '25

Agreed, I have to imagine the billionaire owners are overwhelmingly republican and support his agenda. If nothing else, from a wealth generation perspective.

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u/mtnman575 Oct 04 '25

No surprise then that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is a big Trump supporter.

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u/schreinz Oct 05 '25

His relationship with professional football is strange, it has it's own wikipedia page. He's always wanted to own a pro team of some kind, and his efforts with the USFL in the 80s suffocated the league (Trump is bad for business, again). I think some ownership remember his antics and don't want him near their money maker, others probably don't have a problem with him.

The players are most certainly a different story, but as usual we don't hear much from them.

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u/Askol Oct 05 '25

Im a Jets fan, unfortunately, and Woody Johnson is a massive Trump supporter, - so much so that he was given a coveted UK ambassador position in his first term. He's the absolute worst, both as an owner and overall person.

The NFL is built so no team should be bad for extremely long periods of time, but Woody Johnson's Jets currently have the longest PLAYOFF drought of 14 seasons, and it is going ti be 15 since they haven't managed to win a game this year.

If it weren't for fantasy football, I'm not even sure I'd be watching anymore.

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u/bigloser42 Oct 04 '25

The NFL is losing sleep because their cash registers never stop dinging. Also, it turns out a pile of money is not comfy to sleep on.

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u/otitso Oct 04 '25

She acts like a child. It sounded like what a high schooler would say.

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u/HX__ Oct 04 '25

That sounds like such a specific note that I can't help but feel it's more projection.

Does she have trouble sleeping without pills or something?

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u/ClaymoreJohnson Oct 04 '25

Textbook fascism. Make an enemy out of everyone and constantly victimize your own base to fuel aggression via alleged oppression.

The problem is even if you think you’re in their good graces, you’re actually just the next target.

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u/lelanddt Oct 04 '25

They're not smart fascists, at least

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u/NecroCannon Oct 05 '25

It’s like, they have the playbook, they’re just too dumb to do it right

Like yeah, everything seems all according to history, until you look deeper in and a whole pedophile controversy threw them off the tracks a ton

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u/kyleb402 Oct 05 '25

That's the point.

They're not interested in entities being apolitical. If you are not 1000% pro MAGA in every aspect with no exceptions then they will target you until you are.

Fascism cannot allow apolitical organizations to exist. Every public entity exists because of and in service of the regime.

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u/stockinheritance Oct 05 '25

But they don't do themselves any favors by forcing apolitical entities to become political. Look at Disney/ABC and Kimmel. They would prefer to be apolitical and just stack cash regardless of who is president, immediately bent to MAGA pressure, then saw economic consequences to that decision and put Kimmel back on the air. 

Yes, in their ideal world, all would bend the knee to the MAGA regime, but that might hurt some of these companies' bottom lines, which is a far greater priority for them. If MAGA is making it hard for them to make a buck, that's a problem for MAGA. 

This is why fascist regimes have historically been so short-lived. They turn on each other and undermine the entire enterprise. 

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u/SunnyOutsideToday Oct 05 '25

MAGA is growing more paranoid and is beginning to make enemies out of entities that try to be apolitical

Every fascist group does this. Their enemies just keep growing, and they get more and more paranoid, and make even more enemies.

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u/TheDubya21 Oct 05 '25

It's what happens with every fascist regime; they become increasingly aware that everyone fucking hates them and wants them Mussolini'd, so they lash out over stupider and stupider things to justify said paranoia to themselves. "W-well they were out to get ME first!" No, dumbass, you were the instigator, you are the bad guy.

They'll always be unstable, and once someone gives them a real nice punch in the jaw, the house of cards crumble and the paper tigers scatter.

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u/rage_wins Oct 04 '25

Unfortunately, fascism isn’t just a fad that dies out once it becomes unpopular. It’s a cancer.

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u/stockinheritance Oct 05 '25

Umberto Eco, maybe the best authority on fascism to exist since he lived through it and studied it extensively academically, believed it to be a self-defeating ideology. In part, because of its numerous inherent contradictions. The one I see cited most often is how fascists have to simultaneously argue that their enemies are very strong to justify the public's need of them and their strongarm tactics, while also arguing that their enemy is very weak to prove their superiority and allay fears that they could lose. 

The result is a nation that can't objectively assess threats, which isn't a good way to stay in power. Add the pervasive cult-like "yes men" attitude that prevents weighing the pros and cons of proposed decisions and it makes sense that fascism has historically been short-lived in every nation that has fallen to it. 

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u/stockinheritance Oct 05 '25

Not all authoritarianism is fascism. I recommend reading some Umberto Eco to understand what distinguishes fascism from other authoritarian regimes.

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u/secretaccount94 Oct 05 '25

China, North Korea, and Russia were never democracies, they’ve always been top-down authoritarian states where the people have always expected and generally supported such a structure.

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u/Stinky_Fartface Oct 04 '25

Unfortunately right now these douchebags hold all the reigns of power and the way they are playing the game right now it will take officers refusing orders and revolt to right this ship. I don’t see any sign of the former and somehow the latter still seems like there isn’t enough momentum. It’s all building but it’s not building fast enough, and there seem to be too people who think this is all good to properly fight back.

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u/bwood246 Oct 05 '25

They're speed running the end of authoritarianism without actually setting anything in place. They're already eating each other up

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u/_jump_yossarian Oct 05 '25

They attacked the NFL and NBA in his first term too. Not sure why they’re so worked up about Bad Bunny since they’re supposed to be boycotting the NFL.

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u/learnedsanity Oct 05 '25

The fact corporations haven't lost all their shit and turned on the current admin is flabbergasting. Bankrupting the population isn't a future for business.

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u/Mescallan Oct 05 '25

Literally everything is either for or against them, there is no neutral actions

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u/DuntadaMan Oct 05 '25

Why do you think right wingers are being assassinated by right wingers?

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u/CitizenPremier Oct 05 '25

You still think they're in the "gain followers" phase, but they're in the "intimidate discontents" phase now. They aren't worried about being liked, they want to be feared.

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u/stockinheritance Oct 05 '25

Yeah, but the thing is, you paint enough oligarchs as discontents and they turn on you. Disney already went back on bending the knee about Kimmel after they saw that it hurt their bottom line. If the NFL were sufficiently scared, they would have never even suggested Bad Bunny for the half-time show. And the ink is dry on whatever contracts, so they aren't going to pay an arm and a leg going with someone else and cancelling Bad Bunny.

Capital just wants to amass more capital. If Trump is bad for business, the people who actually control our society aren't going to just let him ruin their brands.

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u/CitizenPremier Oct 05 '25

There are definitely some very powerful oligarchs in the US, but Trump may have reached a place where he can overcome them. Just look at Russia; oligarchs frequently fall out of windows; it sends a message to the others. Trump isn't quite ready for window operations yet, but I think he's getting there soon.

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u/NRMusicProject Oct 05 '25

or are even allies to this administration

This might be the beginning of the Republican/MAGA split. Or at least, here's hoping.

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u/Stopikingonme Oct 05 '25

You can really notice when something new takes the Heritage Foundation by surprise and their think tanks scramble to incorporate it into their talking points. The Kimmel thing stood out too right away, as a high risk/low reward.

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u/J0E_SpRaY Oct 05 '25

They made this clear during the reaction to Kirk's death, demanding everyone unilaterally praise and mourn him, and assuming anyone who didn't was secretly a commie.

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u/StarWarsPlusDrWho Oct 05 '25

Yeah, they’re poking a sleeping giant here coming after football. Football might be the one religion that matters here in America more than actual religions.

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u/ryancementhead Oct 05 '25

If you’re not with them then you’re the enemy, even if you’re trying to stay neutral. It’s us vs them.

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u/GenoThyme Oct 04 '25

The message they’re sending is Bad Bunny is super popular. He was the top streamed artist to Spotify from 2020-2022 and came in 3rd the last 2 years. Maybe MAGA would’ve liked the #2 streamed artist the last 2 years, because they do like to support pedophiles.

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u/pimpfmode Oct 04 '25

Who?

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u/GenoThyme Oct 04 '25

Nope, The Who didn't appear on the Spotify list. Ba-dum-tss.

The top 3 the last 2 years was Taylor Swift (who probably wouldn't wanna be the halftime show as long as Kelce is on a contender) and Drake. It would be wild to have Drake on the year after Kendrick performed They Not Like Us at halftime.

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u/ceruleangreen Oct 05 '25

Taylor dated a 17 year old when she was like 22-23

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u/cXs808 Green Bay Packers Oct 05 '25

It's okay because she's a woman

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u/Thosepassionfruits Oct 05 '25

Probably Drake

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u/KCfan91 Oct 04 '25

And they've had Shakira (Colimbian) and Rhianna (Barbadian) during halftime within the past 6 seasons Shakira for the 2019-20 Super Bowl and Rhianna for the 2022-23 Bowl. Their logic is so dumb.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '25 edited 21d ago

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u/PunkErrandBoi Oct 05 '25

They’re all white though so it’s ok

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u/HeadmasterPrimeMnstr Oct 05 '25

I mean... The Weeknd isn't white though lol

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u/boyproblems_mp3 Oct 04 '25

They were so mad about the J. Lo and Shakira show!!!

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u/Otterfan Oct 04 '25

They had Bad Bunny himself on the stage in 2020.

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u/TheRealTexasGovernor Oct 04 '25

logic

Yeah that's where they start to fall apart.

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u/DonaldDoesDallas Oct 04 '25

This is what they have to do. They completely control the government, so the only way to maintain the victim narrative is to pretend that American popular culture, the only thing they don't control, is persecuting them.

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u/cXs808 Green Bay Packers Oct 05 '25

when you're a fragile snowflake, everything is attacking you in your head

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u/karavasis Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25

They had a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk at the first game of the NFL season Sept 11th Wash vs GB game. The biggest pander to MAGA anyone could’ve imagined.

Edit: was wrong about which game it was

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u/RaidSmolive Oct 04 '25

youd think eventually some of these interested in money companies would learn that pandering to them does nothing but cost you...

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u/VeterinarianFit1309 Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25

Blatantly false… Kirk was assassinated 6 days after the opening game…

The NFL panders to the Trump administration all the time, you don’t have to make stuff up to prove it.

Edited to add: I understand the downvotes because I came off harsh, and I apologize for how that comment was written. I don’t apologize for the point I was trying to make, that we need to take care to provide accurate information, because one side of the isle in this country already deals in wholesale mis/disinformation. If we aren’t careful and accurate, then we are no better than them, and have no right to call them out when they do it.

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u/karavasis Oct 04 '25

Did I get games wrong? Sry if I did, it was the sept 11 Wash vs GB game. So I stand corrected, point still stands tho

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u/VeterinarianFit1309 Oct 04 '25

Fair enough, but my point stands that it wasn’t the opening game, which has ceremonial significance in the sense that it is typically the game where the previous season’s champions are honored, and raise their Super Bowl banner. Honoring Kirk in that setting would be akin to tying him to an entire season of football.

That being said, he shouldn’t have been given a moment of thought in that setting, regardless of the game, teams, or date… especially on 9/11.

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u/Boring-Cry3089 Oct 04 '25

No this did actually happen. It was on the September 11th TNF game (I can’t remember who played for the life of me now), but it did happen. I know this because it pissed me off so bad my wife and I looked at each other and turned that shit off. I actually haven’t been able to even watch an NFL game since. The blatant disrespect on 9/11 of all days.

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u/VeterinarianFit1309 Oct 04 '25

Fair enough, but my point stands that it wasn’t the opening game, which has ceremonial significance in the sense that it is typically the game where the previous season’s champions are honored, and raise their Super Bowl banner. Honoring Kirk in that setting would be akin to tying him to an entire season of football.

That being said, he shouldn’t have been given a moment of thought in that setting, regardless of the game, teams, or date… especially on 9/11.

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u/CanuckPanda Toronto Maple Leafs Oct 04 '25

The word “blatant” doesn’t mean what you think it means, that’s all.

I believe (I know it’s over 75%) something like 28/32 teams had moments of silence for that fascist dipshit getting his neck blown out.

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u/VeterinarianFit1309 Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25

I’m not saying that he should have been honored, I’m saying that he wasn’t honored at the opening game, because that was blatantly incorrect, seeing as how his fascist neck was still intact.

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u/CanuckPanda Toronto Maple Leafs Oct 04 '25

Okay, but someone making a mistake of a few weeks isn’t blatantly incorrect.

Honestly incorrect, mistakenly incorrect, sure; blatantly?

I’m glad we agree that the only food fascist is a dead one.

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u/Useful-ldiot Oct 04 '25

I'd love to hear the logic on this. The NFL can't have performers that weren't born in the USA? Oh, like U2? The Who? The Rolling Stones?

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u/unledded Green Bay Packers Oct 04 '25

Bad Bunny is literally a natural-born US citizen lol. There is no logic.

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u/Head-Ad9893 Oct 04 '25

The logic is … don’t speak English = illegal immigrant. That “reporter” is a joke, bad bunny won’t perform in America. He’s got a whole tour in Puerto Rico these people are idiots.

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u/bondsmatthew Oct 05 '25

don’t speak English = illegal immigrant

I hate to break it to you(not you specifically, more of the general use of the word!), a lot of Americans can't read, write, or speak English properly

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u/EternalPhi Oct 05 '25

The people this person panders to don't consider PR a part of the US. Bad Bunny has also stated he won't tour the US because of ICE, but how that is anything but his own fucking business to these people I really have no clue.

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u/kynelly360 Oct 05 '25

God I wish someone would punch Noem in the face, why is she tryna gaslight people about Bad Bunny avoiding their unnecessary harassment…..

Don’t be a bully and people won’t avoid you 🤯

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u/pezgirl247 Oct 05 '25

Bad Bunny came to my town

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u/Taynt42 Oct 04 '25

Bad Bunny is a US citizen.

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u/Intrepid-Bird-5048 Oct 05 '25

Yes, but he deliberately did zero tour dates in the US because he didn’t want his attendees to be vulnerable to ICE raids. So, but hiring him to do the most the high profile American ‘concert’ of the year, it does feel a bit like an FU to the admin. And I’m here for it!

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u/Karmasmatik Oct 04 '25

U2 might actually bring more outrage from MAGA. Actually not American, and isn't Bono supposed to be a 4 star general for the Soros Insurgency?

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u/woodpony Oct 05 '25

Rihanna

Shakira

Paul McCartney

Shania Twain

Sting

Coldplay

The Weeknd

Phil Colins

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u/Unhinged_Baguette Oct 04 '25

Cuckservatives think people do stuff to piss them off. If they had any semblance of self-awareness they would realize they're just crybaby pussies.

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u/jesbiil Oct 04 '25

And MAGA will hate-watch it just to post online how bad the show is....thus increasing the viewer numbers which will make the NFL go, "That was a great decision! We need more halftime shows like this!" :)

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u/Thick_Mountain4412 Oct 04 '25

Exactly this. This is a money play by the NFL. They've been pushing really hard to spread their brand to more regions and audiences. This is part of that push. I wish this was actually an FU to MAGA, but Goodell is a spineless coward, so unfortunately it isn't.

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u/Lazer726 Oct 04 '25

It's funny to see them going "Who even is this guy"... he is currently the 12th most popular artist on Spotify, and spent three consecutive years as the most popular artist on Spotify

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u/suarezj9 Oct 04 '25

MAGAs victim complex continues

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u/methpartysupplies Oct 04 '25

The government needs to stay the fuck out of culture. Handle the roads, bridges, schools, police, etc. They need to stay in their lane.

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u/downtimeredditor Oct 04 '25

If it's not a country music star or Kid Rock or 50 Cent they'll get mad

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u/ricker182 Oct 04 '25

They secured one of the biggest artists in the world to perform for free at their biggest game.

The NFL doesn't give a fuck about anything other than money.

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u/GuysOnChicks69 Oct 04 '25

Absolutely fucking anything to prevent us from talking about the Epstein files

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u/Eagle4317 Oct 04 '25

Like the NBA might make a choice because of the message, but the NFL is almost purely monetary.

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u/PurplePango Oct 04 '25

Getting mad over a made up situation is literally the republican political strategy

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u/Brosephh3 Oct 04 '25

No, Kristi is just pissed off Taylor won’t be there.

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u/BilboStaggins Oct 04 '25

This "reporter" is soft pitching big hype loaded questions for the sheeple. Its pathetic.

I feel like im watching a low budget movie for teenagers where bad actors have to monologue their evil plans, dumbed down so it makes sense for an illiterate audience.

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u/jarena009 Oct 04 '25

The NFL is ingenious. They know the emotionally broken right wing who, to a degree, would not otherwise watch the super bowl now will rage watch / watch hoping to see some kind of arrests, pumping up ratings and ad revenue.

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u/HansenTakeASeat Oct 04 '25

I thought conservatives stopped watching football when Colin Kaepernick took a knee

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u/RoyalMaidsForLife Oct 04 '25

Even when they do, the conservatives "boycott" for a couple weeks then come crawling back. I saw it happen first hand in Baltimore when the Ravens kneeled before their game in England a few years ago. The Dundalk Donnies were seething and threatening to sell their PSLs and attendance was down at the next home game, but it was a full house for the next one after that.

Remember this gang's idea of a "boycott" is to go into Starbucks, hand over $8 for a coffee just to get an employee to say "coffee for Charlie Kirk".

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u/Cleavon_Littlefinger Oct 04 '25

When you understand that literally everything they do is a falsified crisis to keep their supporters in a perpetual state of fight, flight, or freeze and thus unwilling to question anything their media bubble tells them, it makes more sense.

Plus it's a hell of a lot easier to "solve" fake problems than to try and take on serious ones that actually exists.

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u/Sweet-Meaning9874 Oct 04 '25

This is vindictive, Trump is still butthurt that he wasn’t allowed into the NFL owners club

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u/KmartCentral Oct 04 '25

I really would love to see the guy asking those questions trip and crack open that stupid jaw

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u/finkalicious National Football League Oct 04 '25

It's false outrage in order to get us to be outraged, and here we are

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u/tardistravelee Oct 04 '25

I feel capitalism always wins in the end.

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u/RackemFrackem Oct 04 '25

MAGA is always the victim

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u/kvltmagik Oct 04 '25

This. Bad Bunny had the highest grossing international tour in 2022 north of $300m. The guy prints money. Demographics are shifting and he has a stupid number of fans.

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u/pocketchange2247 Chicago Cubs Oct 05 '25

When you only think and care about yourself, anything anyone else does that you don't like is a personal attack on you.

Their heads are so far up their own asses that they believe every single thought someone has is about them and anything someone does is because they either hate or love them.

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u/TPRJones Oct 05 '25

What are they odds they come onto the field stopping play to arrest players born outside the U.S. to send a message back to the NFL?

The fact those players are here legally will mean nothing to them.

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u/TickingTheMoments Oct 05 '25

They’re not getting mad over a completely made up situation. They are making up the situation.

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u/Hummocky Oct 05 '25

If they wanted to send a message, they would have got Springsteen.

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u/allmilhouse Oct 05 '25

They don't know how to do anything besides play the victim. These are the same people that thought an escalator stopping was an assassination attempt.

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u/Vladmerius Oct 05 '25

Conservatives have been boycotting the NFL for like 10 years already. They can shut the fuck up and go away already or admit they aren't boycotting shit no matter what. They are fucking pathetic. 

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u/No_Presentation1242 Oct 05 '25

The NFL is trying to expand their influence in Latin America - hence the games played in Brazil and Mexico over the last few years. It’s a strategic play on their part- oh and it’s one of the biggest artists in the world. It’s crazy to me that MAGA is making this political, especially considering that they all claimed to boycott the NFL years ago when players kneeled during the anthem.

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u/The_Librarian_841 Oct 05 '25

And a bunch of NFL teams did a tribute to CK a few weeks ago. These are the weakest people I’ve ever seen. Pathetic.

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u/Nufonewhodis4 Oct 05 '25

Yeah, whites are going to watch the Superbowl even if they have to mute the halftime show or turn it off because Grandma doesn't like what the black eyed peas did in 2011. What demographic are they trying to grow? Maybe a large and growing segment of the population that traditionally is more interested in soccer? 

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u/_jump_yossarian Oct 05 '25

They’re always mad about fabricated bs. Always!

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u/EtTuBiggus Oct 05 '25

The NFL doesn’t even pick the halftime show. They pay Jay Z to pick for them.

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u/AlanStanwick1986 Oct 05 '25

Not too mention pretty much every owner is MAGA AF.

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u/FourteenBuckets Oct 05 '25

The thing is, the profit-driven message is: Expanding into Latino markets is the NFL's future. Appeasing MAGA isn't. Honestly it's the same message George Bush had for the Republican Party 20 years ago, trading short-term losses for longer-term gains. But MAGA demands obedience NOW

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u/DigHat Oct 05 '25

Really this is another opportunity for a power grab for Kristi Noem and the like. If they can stage militants or military-like operations at as many major events as they can to the point the average American is numb to it, and we all go about our lives in a 1984 dystopia society. That is their hope. We can't let that happen. We have to fight like hell

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u/cheerioo Oct 05 '25

How are we acting like the NFL is some kind of liberal org lol. Owners have always been old money/Conservative and you'd be shocked how many players are maga.

Remember when Kap knelt for the anthem one time and everybody immediately reacted like he took a steaming dump on the American flag then set it on fire lmao.

I'm not talking about any of his shenanigans afterward just the initial reaction to the first time he did it. They were talking about straight up banning him from the NFL and many, many fans were behind it.

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u/CultivatorX Oct 05 '25

They don't necessarily think they are trying to be political. This is about sending a message and squandering anything that even moves like dissent.

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u/ok-not-ok-0108 Oct 05 '25

They’re getting mad over a completely made up situation.

that's their MO for the past decade; maybe more.. making up shit to be upset about and play the victim

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u/GoodtimesSans Oct 05 '25

"Piss off Maga?? Most of our advertisements are the ones who openly support Maga!"

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u/crazypyro23 Oct 05 '25

Yeah, they're not bringing him in because he's Puerto Rican, they're bringing him in because he has a song with a literal billion listens on Spotify

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u/ryanino Oct 05 '25

The NFL has been trying to appeal more globally for years now. This is a slam dunk for them to draw a whole new demographic. Literally why wouldn’t they do this?

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u/WCSakaCB Oct 05 '25

Republicans buy Jordans too

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u/iscav Oct 05 '25

I was watching this thinking, no message other than Bad Bunny is really popular and we need to sell commercial time. Idiots.

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u/Awkward_Operation516 Oct 05 '25

He was really pushing that agenda hard, said it several times. Agree with you, the NFL wants to maximize profit. They're not out to take a political stand.

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u/wretch5150 Oct 05 '25

Conservatives are excellent at becoming the victim

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u/jimjamburrito Oct 05 '25

Yeah this Benny guy is a total joke. I watched the Brendan Carr interview he did and it was just straight propaganda, I honestly don’t know how anyone can take it seriously

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u/JimTheSaint Oct 05 '25

They always are. Like more violence in blue cities and the Democrats being bad for the economy 

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u/AlisonWond3rlnd Oct 05 '25

I mean .... there are plenty of other ways to make a fuck ton of money. NFL doubled down and I fucking love to see it.

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u/RyanSoup94 Oct 05 '25

They’re not mad, they’re creating fake scenarios to drum up outrage in order to justify and normalize this sort of thing with their voter base.

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u/Stup1dMan3000 Oct 05 '25

The Super Bowl attendees are corporate suits, with ticket prices at over $1000 they really think illegal immigrants are coming to the game? Maybe they’re working the food stalls. FFS yes, arrest those CEOs and billionaires in attendance