ANDn times of pandemic it is a common tool already in large sporting events. They have done football teams of the major European leagues and the NBA and of course, the Super Bowl. The emptiness of stadiums without an audience is very large and cardboard figures of fans in the stands are increasingly common.
The duel between Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs it gathered only 25,000 viewers in Florida due to the protocol stipulated by the Covid. To avoid a void in the stadium, the NFL proposed 30,000 amateur cardboard figures, that would sign up for 100 dollars, that would be destined to charitable causes.
In no case could they show political or negative messages and they could only send their photo in official NFL clothing.
The Real Madrid and Fútbol Club Barcelona players, Marcelo and Antoine Griezmann, were two of those 30,000 cardboard players at the Raymond James Stadium, where more famous faces such as Lady Gaga would also sneak in.
“Only the popcorn is missing,” Marcelo wrote before the start on Instagram, for once finished, on an image in which he appeared dressed in Tom Brady’s signed shirt, extolling the figure of this American football legend. “The only player to win the Superbowl in three different decades
“Thank you NFL for ‘inviting’ me to tomorrow’s game!”, the Frenchman from Barça posted on Twitter before the meeting, with a video in which his cardboard image is already placed in the stadium.
