[VIDEO] ESPN Contributor Blasts American Flag-Themed Football Unis, 'War Anthem' Before Games

Wednesday on ESPN’s Around the Horn, a majority of th

Wednesday on ESPN’s Around the Horn, a majority of the sports commentator panel, including J.A. Adande and Kevin Blackistone, ripped into Northwestern University’s controversial American flag-themed Under Armour football uniforms designed to raise money for the Wounded Warriors Project.

Part of the controversy is the so-called “blood-splatter” effect on the uniforms (which is actually just a faux-weathered look, not streaks of blood, as the blue sections of the unis demonstrate). The question opened up the conversation to the larger topic of military displays at sporting events, allowing Blackistone to unload on what he deems the inappropriate connection between sports and the military, going so far as to decry the “singing of a war anthem to open every game” and the presence of military recruiters at stadiums.

Reali: Hey, KB, your alma mater, Northwestern University. The helmets and jerseys for next week's game against Michigan, courtesy of Under Armour. Designed to honor America and Wounded Warriors. Under scrutiny for the design, which some think uses a blood splatter effect as well as claims of flag desecration. The school says anyone seeing that is misinterpreting. "Buy or sell" the uniform, Adande?

Adande: If it makes people uncomfortable, thoughts of war should make people uncomfortable. There’s nothing comforting about war. And utilizing the flag in the uniform, we’ve seen that in baseball caps, we’ve seen that in other uniforms, so that’s nothing new. It actually bothers me that nothing says Northwestern on the helmet.

Reali: Blackistone?

Via: Truth Revolt
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