Caleb Harris
Josh Jacobs started a firestorm this week when he casually mentioned during a podcast interview that the Packers and Eagles would not be allowed to wear green for their Week 1 game in Brazil. However, it appears that is not actually the case.
During a recent interview on Green Light with Chris Long, Jacobs said the Packers were told not to wear green during their trip to South America.
“They said that in the part of Brazil we’re going to, you can’t even wear green,” said Jacobs. “They said, I think, something to do with gangs and stuff.”
O NFL responded to these comments and the league would like everyone to know that fans and players will be able to wear green in Brazil. An NFL spokesperson told the Philadelphia Inquirer that when the game starts in September, “you will see a stadium full of fans wearing Eagles green and Packers green”,
CBSSports.com’s Jeff Kerr actually covered this exact topic in April and although there is an informal ban on the color green, this ban is related to the local football team.
“The Eagles-Packers game will be played at Arena Corinthians, home of the Brazilian soccer team Corinthians,” Kerr wrote. “Corinthians’ biggest rival is Palmeiras, who use the color green. Corinthians has an informal ban on wearing green, as former player was fined by the club a few years ago for wearing green cleats.”
Arena Corinthians has hosted several major international sporting events over the past decade, including the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, and the green ban hasn’t been an issue for any of those major events, so it’s unlikely to be an issue. for an NFL game.
It is possible that the players were instructed not to wear green in public so as not to be confused with Palmeiras fans, but wearing green during the game will not be a problem. Although it doesn’t look like Jacobs will be packing much green in her suitcase.
“They said, ‘Dude, look, just take the colors black and white. When you come here, we don’t want any setbacks,’” Jacobs said.
If the Packers and Eagles wanted to avoid wearing green, Philly could wear black and the Packers could wear their white uniforms. This wouldn’t eliminate all the green, but it would eliminate most of it.
As for other aspects of the trip, Jacobs definitely seems a little concerned about his safety.
“They said, ‘Man, it’s one of those places where they probably won’t even let us leave the hotels,’” Jacobs told Long. “They’ll probably have armored vehicles following us. I said, ‘Bro, why are we here? Why are we here?'”
Apparently, Jacobs got his information from someone who had no idea what they were talking about, as the NFL said the part about not leaving the hotel and traveling in armored vehicles is also “not true.”
Either way, Jacobs was looking forward to having fun in Brazil, but now it looks like he’s going to be nervous.
“I was looking forward to it,” Jacobs said. “I’m like, man, this is going to be a fun week. Telling us all this, they say, ‘Yeah, no, it won’t be like that.’”
The Packers and Eagles will begin Week 1 on Friday, September 6th.
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