Inga spelarprotester när Pink sjöng nationalsången
President Donald Trump uppmanade amerikanerna att stå upp under nationalsången i Super Bowl – och på planen hörsammades det. När Pink framförde ”Star spangled banner” stod samtliga spelare upp, skriver Reuters.
Under NFL-säsongen har flera spelare stått på knä eller suttit ner under nationalsången i protest mot polisens behandling av svarta medborgare. Donald Trump gick till hård attack mot protesterna och uppmanade NFL att stänga av spelarna.
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Super Bowl 2018
Wikipedia (en)
Super Bowl LII will be the 52nd Super Bowl and the 48th modern-era National Football League (NFL) championship game. The National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles will play the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide the league champion for the 2017 NFL season.
The game is scheduled to be held on February 4, 2018, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It will be the second Super Bowl in Minneapolis, which previously hosted Super Bowl XXVI in 1992. It will be the sixth Super Bowl in a cold weather city, and Minneapolis will continue to be the northernmost city to host a Super Bowl.
A rematch of 2004's Super Bowl XXXIX, which was won by New England 24–21, Super Bowl LII is the first Super Bowl appearance for the Eagles since that game. The Patriots became the first team since the Seattle Seahawks (who made Super Bowls XLVIII and XLIX) to appear in two consecutive Super Bowls, having won Super Bowl LI in the previous season, and are also seeking to become the first team to repeat as Super Bowl victors since the Patriots themselves won Super Bowls XXXVIII and XXXIX. Philadelphia is making its third appearance in the Super Bowl, having lost Super Bowls XV and XXXIX.
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