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NFL Requests DHS Remove Brian Dawkins Video
Confirmed
In Short: The National Football League (NFL) has requested the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remove a social media post featuring highlights of Hall of Fame safety Brian Dawkins.
The video, posted on Sunday, included Dawkins' pregame walkout chant, 'The time has come,' followed by a series of his impactful tackles from his 16-year career.
Dawkins, a nine-time Pro Bowler and five-time All-Pro, expressed his displeasure, stating, 'I didn't give permission for my name, image, and likeness to be used by anybody.
The NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed the league's request, saying, 'The league has requested the DHS take down the video.
The DHS had not responded to the NFL's request as of Monday, with both posts still intact.
Dawkins, who retired in 2011 after playing for the Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos, was a key member of Eagles teams that reached four consecutive NFC title games from 2001-04.
In a separate post, Dawkins shared a video of himself smiling and laughing about the matter, indicating his bemusement with the situation.
The DHS had not sought the NFL's permission to use the content, and the league's request came after the video went viral.
The NFL's request follows a pattern of government agencies using sports content to make political statements, such as the White House's March post linking football highlights with airstrikes.
What's confirmed
- “The league has requested the DHS take down the video,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said on Monday.
- NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has asked the Department of Homeland Security to take down a video on social media showing highlights of Hall of Fame safety Brian Dawkins in reference to a purported caravan of immigrants approaching the U.S.
What's still developing
- The National Football League (NFL) has asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to stop using a video of a retired star player on social media, after the agency used highlights of his career to show its readiness to protect the United States border against a purported caravan of immigrants that was heading towards it.
- Agency used video of Hall of Fame player Brian Dawkins to show readiness for border protection.
- Homeland Security posted the highlight reel in response to a social media post claiming that a migrant caravan was approaching the U.S. border.
- In 2004, Dawkins helped Philadelphia reach the Super Bowl for the second time in franchise history.
- "Our time has come," the agency wrote, adding a video of Dawkins' most violent on-field collisions.
- Dawkins, in a text, told ESPN he had not given the agency his blessing to post the video but declined to comment further.
- In March, the White House posted video interspersing NFL and NCAA football highlight hits with video of airstrikes on Iranian targets, days after U.S. forces destroyed an elementary school in southern Iran, killing more than 100 children, according to Amnesty International.
- The NFL asked the Department of Homeland Security to remove a social media post likening former Philadelphia Eagles star Brian Dawkins' greatest hits to immigration agents' treatment of migrants.
- Dawkins, one of the most physical defensive backs of his era, retired in 2012 and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.