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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    19 hours ago

    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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      10 hours ago

      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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      17 hours ago

      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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      18 hours ago

      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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        18 hours ago

        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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        18 hours ago

        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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          14 hours ago

          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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            9 hours ago

            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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          13 hours ago

          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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            13 hours ago

            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.