The National Football League (NFL) announced on Feb. 4 that it will remove the message “End Racism” from its end zones for the Feb. 9 Super Bowl.
Instead, the phrases “Choose Love” and “It Takes All of Us” will be etched on the end zones.
“The Super Bowl is often a snapshot in time and the NFL is in a unique position to capture and lift the imagination of the country,” said NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy in a statement.
McCarthy said one of the messages comes in light of recent tragedies in the United States.
“‘Choose Love’ is appropriate to use as our country has endured in recent weeks wildfires in Southern California, the terrorist attack here in New Orleans, the plane and helicopter crash near our nation’s capital, and the plane crash in Philadelphia,” he said….