Brett Favre has blasted the decision not to air the moment of silence or the national anthem on ESPN in the moments leading up to the Sugar Bowl due to the terrorist attack in New Orleans less than 24 hours prior.
ESPN came under fire earlier in the week for not including it as part of its broadcast, with the Sugar Bowl instead having lead-in remarks from President Joe Biden and another speech from Allstate CEO Tom Wilson.
The speech from Wilson, which was aired moments before kickoff was widely panned.
Now Favre, whose political allegiance to Donald Trump has been clear over the last decade, weighed in on the decision.
‘I heard: There was no televised National Anthem for Sugar Bowl yesterday. Instead a DEI message by @Allstate CEO. Woke is a joke,’ Favre said on social media.
DEI stands for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, which is a mission that tries to be as inclusive as possible for all people.
Favre has blasted not airing the moment of silence or the national anthem for the Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl was postponed due to a terrorist attack in New Orleans which killed 14 people
Favre only posted about the lack of national anthem on the broadcast more than 24 hours after the game ended.
The NFL legend only showed his disgust in hindsight with many others showing their disapproval for Wilson’s speech, which seemingly took the airtime of where the Star-Spangled Banner would have been.
The New Orleans terrorist attack, which killed 14 in the early hours on New Year’s Day, postponed the College Football Playoff quarterfinal by a day, before the game’s primary sponsor’s CEO made his speech.
‘Welcome to the Allstate Sugar Bowl,’ Wilson’s speech began. ‘Wednesday, tragedy struck the New Orleans community. Our prayers are with the victims and their families.’
‘We also need to be stronger together by overcoming an addiction to divisiveness and negativity. Join Allstate working in local communities all across America to amplify the positive, increase trust, and accept peoples imperfections and differences. Together we win.’
The reaction to that message was not well received in any medium, including on social media.
‘@Allstate IN WHAT UNIVERSE was this a good idea?’ one college football fan said on social media.
