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Originally Posted by smartDFS
NFL instructed eagles and packers not to wear green in brazil because gangs
The Bleacherreport article says the "ban" is because they're playing in Corinthians stadium where people aren't supposed to wear green because that's the color of their biggest rival Palmeiras.
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Jacobs continued: "They said, we're not going to Rio. They was like, 'Man, it's one of them places where they probably won't even let us leave the hotels.'"
Imagine a Brazilian team playing in Chicago and a player being surprised they're aren't going to do siteseeing in New York.