
by: Barkley Truax 6 minutes ago BarkleyTruax
Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson has been critical of the NFL ‘s decision to have Puerto Rican hip hop artist Bad Bunny play the Super Bowl halftime show. On Thursday, he doubled down on that criticism.
While at an airport in San Francisco, Dickerson was approached by TMZ where he was asked if he had a chance to listen to some Bad Bunny since their last conversation. He had a simple answer: “Hell no.”
“Why couldn’t we get somebody right here from home?” Dickerson asked. “How about someone from right here in San Francisco and get these artists right here in the area to play at the Super Bowl? Somebody that speaks English. I don’t know if it’s going to be in Spanish or whatever. What sense does that make?”
Bad Bunny is one of the more popular artists out there at the moment, being Spotify’s most-streamed artist in 2020 all the way through 2022. People from different parts of the world will tune into the Super Bowl, already one of the highest-viewed events of the year, to watch his performance.
However, Dickerson appears to have not budged on his original opinion on the popular hip hop artist. He also questioned the NFL’s decision makers for going through with the decision.
“Puerto Rico is not America,” Dickerson continued. “It’s a territory. You don’t have the right to vote. … I don’t have anything against Puerto Rico. I’m black. I mean, hey, we have our own problems. I don’t see why they chose that. The NFL does stuff that baffles your mind.