Safety has ramped up forward of the NFL’s first-ever recreation in Brazil after gamers from the Philadelphia Eagles and Inexperienced Bay Packers voiced issues about security in São Paulo, in accordance with ESPN.
The 2 NFC foes will battle in Week 1 at Enviornment Corinthians in São Paulo, marking the primary NFL recreation performed in South America.
Whereas the NFL continues its world attain, gamers like Eagles star receiver A.J. Brown have famous plenty of “don’t do’s” have been handed right down to these heading there.
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Enviornment Corinthians previous to a spherical of sixteen first leg match between Corinthians and Boca Juniors as a part of Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2022 June 28, 2022, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Alexandre Schneider/Getty Photographs)
“We had a meeting with a whole bunch of ‘don’t do’s,’” Brown informed reporters, through ESPN. “So, I’m just trying to go down there, win a football game and come back home.”
His Eagles teammate, high cornerback Darius Slay Jr., echoed Brown’s feedback on his “Big Play Slay” podcast, including that gamers are being informed to remain put and never stroll the streets.
“Week 1, I’m looking forward to it, I can’t wait. But man, I do not want to go to Brazil. You want to know why? I’m here to tell you why,” Slay defined. “They already told us not to leave the hotel. They told us we can’t do too much going on because the crime rate is crazy.”
Slay even questioned why the NFL would need a recreation in Brazil within the first place, contemplating the protection issues.
“I’m like, ‘NFL, why y’all wanna send us somewhere where the crime rate is this high and we out the country?’ You know, the first thing people are thinking is like some terror could possibly happen,” he mentioned. “I told my family do not come down there because I’m not going to be nowhere to be found. I’m going to be in the hotel chilling, minding my business, playing my game after a long 9½-hour flight.”
Gerrit Meier, senior vp of NFL Worldwide, speaks at a press convention Feb. 10 to announce the primary NFL recreation in Sao Paulo. (Bruno Escolastico Sousa Silva/NurPhoto through Getty Photographs)
Slay later apologized for his feedback, saying he was sorry if he offended anybody through social media.
However Slay’s issues are legit as a result of he isn’t the one one voicing them. And the São Paulo state authorities has reacted accordingly.
“To guarantee the safety of the players, the military police will reinforce the number of personnel upon arrival of the delegations at the Guarulhos Airport and escort the teams to their hotels, training sites and the stadium,” it mentioned in a press release, through ESPN.
This isn’t the primary time the NFL has had video games in places the place security issues had been introduced up, together with a cease in Mexico, the place video games have been performed since 2005.
A normal view of the stadium earlier than a match between Corinthians and Palmeiras as a part of Brasileirao Sequence A 2021 at Enviornment Corinthians Sept. 25, 2021, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Alexandre Schneider/Getty Photographs)
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The Eagles and Packers will likely be heading to Brazil Wednesday to gear up for the beginning of the brand new 2024 NFL season, one by which each groups are anticipated to be playoff contenders.
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