TIAA Bank Field is becoming a place where protest statements are being displayed
And, just before this year’s Gator Bowl,For City Councilman Matt Carlucci, the idea that the stadium can be used like this is disturbing.“The place that I believe is a great unifier for the city, which is the stadium where we all pull together for our team, in our house, is being used as a place to try and divide us,” Carlucci said. “And I just think it’s very poor taste, and bad manners, rude.”
There’s nothing illegal about the protests. Although police and the State Attorney’s Office were investigating the support for Kane West message. “It’s a discouraging trend to be certain,” City Councilman Michael Boylan said. “I don’t think we need to have that kind of stuff. It’s a venue for people to escape in many respects and pulling politics and that kind of thing into that venue is, you know, that doesn’t serve us well.”
News4JAX has reached out to the Jaguars organization and asked if they had any concerns about Sunday’s flyover. They said they have no response to it, but after the Kanye West message, Jaguars owner Shad Khan said, “I know this is not representative of our community, but it happened and it’s outrageous.”
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