It's fair to believe that because on the federal holiday honoring Christopher Columbus and his place in American history, not one NFL team nor the league itself recognized Columbus Day on social media.It's at least the second consecutive year that no NFL team mentioned Columbus Day even as non-essential federal offices, federal courts, mail delivery, most traditional banks and the U.S.bond market closed in recognition of the holiday.JUNETEENTH WAS CELEBRATED ACROSS MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES AND TEAMS — WITH TWO NOTABLE EXCEPTIONSThis page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.
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(James Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty Images)And this is starting to feel like a statement for two reasons:First, three teams picked the day to instead recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day, which is not an official federal holiday, while ignoring the guy whose 1492 landing in America marks the federally recognized holiday.THE NFL'S MAIN SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS REMAINED SILENT ABOUT PRIDE MONTH ON ITS FIRST DAYSecond, 29 teams that typically take the opportunity to celebrate just about any other holiday and some days that aren't holidays at all decided to go dark on this holiday altogether.That suggests teams recognize the day has become something of a political hot potato.And the NFL and most of its teams have decided not to get burned.Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1519.
Found in the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.Artist : Piombo, Sebastiano, del (1485-1547).
(Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)MARIACHI BAND'S NATIONAL ANTHEM AT BEARS VS.EAGLES GAME IGNITES RACISM DEBATE AND US SENATOR RESPONSEThat didn't apply to the Minnesota Vikings, Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams.
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