I was reading this morning that the Sao Paulo government is increasing security for tonights game, and will include specialized military police battalions. This is due to players concern over a terrorist attack.
The players have also been told that they should not leave their hotel rooms, due to the massive crime rate in the city.
I get that the NFL wants to grow their brand globally but this particular location seems like a really bad idea.
Sao Paulo isn’t as bad as Southside Chicago or Detroit a couple decades ago.
FACTS
So you are telling me this is a nothing burger?
Yeah I agree the NFL should have picked a better place given the current climate in Brazil and around the world.
Especially since they just banned X in their country and someone caught using a VPN to access face fines and jail time. All the reporters can’t use it for the game.
Really, how much worse can it be than Chicago?
Shoot, you beat me to it.
It can be a lot worse since the players and teams are foreigners compared to Chicago.
Language barrier, different rules etc. it was a bad idea for the NFL to go to Brazil in the climate in their country at the current time.
There have been numerous reports of safety concerns about this game. Especially given the current state of the country so anyone comparing this to bad sections of Chicago are just not informed of the current situation which I won’t get into because we don’t do politics on the board.
But I have been following what issues are down there for a few years now and I think the NFL made a mistake in not worrying about player safety:
That Commanders VP was right, it’s all about the Benji’s
All i got to say for this game is get me a Jalen Hurts TD
I’m hoping for a couple DeVonta Smith TD’s, and a couple long FG’s from Elliott.
It’s all the phat Brazilian booty, ain’t it? I’ve seen the girls on Ipanema beach and they are definitely carrying around some wmd’s down there. Not a bad way to go thiugh, all things considered.
Has the nfl.every played a game in Canada?
I read that they wanted to paint the field black because the color green has been banned in the stadium (not sure why).
It’s interesting that the teams picked to play there are the Packers and the Eagles.
Friendly PSA:
If anyone here has not watched City of God I highly recommend it. Now 20 years old but rewatched it once again 6 months ago and still IMO holds up as a heroic cinematic achievement IMO
You will hear reports after the game how it was pleasant, “not what I expected” a good experience. yada yada
Well I certainly hope you are right. I know very little about the situation there, and after reading the article on ESPN, I was kind of worried.
I worry about everything though. It’s kind of my nature.
I had a nothing burger the other day. Due to inflation it had gone up infinity percent. Tough times!
I didn’t even think of that. That is actually insane.
How does the NFL work without NFL twitter?
