NFL’s Roger Goodell defends Bad Bunny Halftime Show
MAGA bigots are still steaming that the NFL dares to book Bad Bunny in all its Español glory playing the biggest stage in American pop culture. Those alleged pro-American “patriots” purposely fail to recognize that not only is Spanish a widespread language in the fifty continental states, but it is also a dominant language in American territories such as Puerto Rico, which Bad Bunny calls home. This willful ignorance is standard fare for the type of people who believe that this country is for white, Christian men, and everyone should bow to their mercy. The faux waste has become so bad that Charlie Kirk's company, Turning Point USA, hosts its own halftime show filled with white nationalist musicians as well as Caucasian counter-programming.
It is truly a pathetic undertaking, but it is far from surprising. We really hope they enjoy their unseasoned, raisined, salty Super Bowl.
According to The Daily BeastNFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has proverbially flicked his middle finger at the ridiculous right-wing rhetoric that has permeated public discourse.
“It's been carefully thought out,” he said at the league's annual fall owners meeting Wednesday. “I'm not sure we've ever selected an artist where we didn't have blowback or criticism. It's pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people watching.”
Goodell, who has served as NFL commissioner since 2006, declared, “We're confident it's going to be a great show,” adding that “Bad Bunny understands the platform he's on, and I think it's going to be exciting and a unifying moment.”
The artist, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, previously expressed concern about ICE using his concerts as a battleground to tear immigrants away from their families. It was such a concern that he did not include any American dates on the tour of his wildly successful and popular album DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS. During the announcement, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem touted that ICE agents would be “all over” the Super Bowl in February.
It stands to reason that the NFL would have had conversations with the Trump administration about keeping ICE away from the big game to avoid the … poor optics of hundreds or thousands of people in unmarked vans being hauled outside of America's biggest sporting event. The NFL owners are undoubtedly MAGA and have probably donated millions of dollars to see Trump in office, but the only thing they love more than MAGA is money. We have seen time and time again that those rich old white men will do anything to ensure that their shield is not tarnished.
