The NFL and FOX have rejected a controversial Colin Kaepernick inspired Super Bowl commercial that features an animal taking a knee to illustrate the animal rights organization’s own cause.
THIS is the PETA #SuperBowl ad the @NFL apparently didn’t want you to see and pressured @FOXSports to snub.
It envisions a world where respect is the right of every being and pays homage to Kaepernick and movements rejecting injustice. https://t.co/kD1osnKhuX #EndSpeciesism pic.twitter.com/clXzU79aZV
— PETA (@peta) January 31, 2020
FOX, which is broadcasting Sunday’s 49ers-Chiefs battle in Super Bowl LIV, didn’t accept PETA’s offer of the going rate of $10 million for the commercial showing many species of animals taking a knee in protest of poor treatment by humans.
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