(Posted this in the old thread but it bears repeating lol) Have fun, girlie! It cracks me up how little awareness she has about the world around her. I would have said no sooo fast and I’m a hardcore NFL fan who loves to travel abroad. Nothing against Brazil, I would love to visit, but if the NFL is giving out these advisories… I’m staying my ass home.
The thing with these events too is that the criminals assume it’s rich people visiting, and they aren’t wrong. I’m not saying she’s gonna get kidnapped or anything but petty crime goes way up and you have to have street smarts. Those are hard to get unless you grew up needing them…and she didn’t lol
She’s said she’s nervous walking to her car in TO so this will send her over the edge
Do you think she read that and prepared to NOT show signs of affluence/wear jewelry/use her phone? 😂😂😂
The players aren’t bringing their families but NFL Canada hands out the freebies to the Influencers who don’t bother following what’s going on in the world, load them on a plane and off they go all decked out in their merch looking like tourists.
I feel like they are going to be sequestered in their rooms, and that sucks. I wouldn’t wanna be in a brazilian city in a hotel room. I dont think the NFL Canada is going to unleash them into the wild, but who knows 🤷🏽♀️ they obviously don’t do their research lol I wouldn’t travel 10 hours just to sit in a hotel, go to a game and go home but I’m not in my yes era enough.
Seriously, why do I have a feeling that is exactly what she is going to do, fly 10 hours to another country/continent to solely go from airport - hotel - football game - hotel - airport. And if she does actually explore the city I love the thought of what she will look like to people in the street with her phone out, or with her phone not out not knowing how to interreact and be immersed in the world.
Yeah - but we pay for our trips, and save, and plan. This is a freebie that makes her feel like a big deal and makes for great content. She won’t care if she doesn’t get to see any part of Brazil, I’m sure she didn’t really care anyway.
For someone who has never travelled outside of Canada and the US (besides Iceland) this was not a good choice for her. Even very experienced travellers avoid and/or take extra precautions when it comes to countries under travel warnings. I feel like this experience is just going to make her not want to travel outside her comfort zone even more which is too bad because she has the money to do some incredible travelling if she wants. This whole situation just highlights her ignorance, entitledness and sense of being untouchable.
I was gonna post this pic too! She thinks she’s so funny and quirky, oh that silly birdspapaya. God I can’t stand her.
She’s gonna get such a reality check. Or maybe she won’t because she’s just so oblivious.
More proof it’s Sarah’s world and we’re all just living in it. She’s an Eagles fan so then everyone is an Eagles fan!
Ooo yay, a fan. I have some Q’s: Why is an NFL playing a game in Brazil? Why did NFL Canada host Birdie there? Does anyone during this time of uncertainty and peril going on in the world want to watch internet strangers having excessive “organized fun” right now? Do these campaigns or whatevs work in the positive from a marketing dollars stand point? What does the NFL gain from these influencers? I am not a sports fan, at all, nor do I know any personally.
Well, I can try and answer the best I can lol the NFL is trying to push an international fan base because heaven forbid only Americans watch football and soccer be the most watched sport in the world. They have initiatives all over the world to host games in “sister cities” assigned to the teams (see: https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/new-orleans-saints-france-nfl-international-marketing-global-markets-program).
They are especially trying to push into Canada and Mexico since they are more likely to be able to get to games. I think NFL Canada didn’t do enough research as their IG only has 136k followers , which tells me that their social media team is lacking, considering the regular NFL IG has 30m. I don’t think sending Birdie would make a difference because if they aren’t already a fan, it would be hard to convert middle aged moms. I’m convinced Birdie only became a fan because Shine incentivized her. If you live in a big football town, it’s hard not to become even a casual watcher. Sundays are for football. My friends don’t follow football but if we go to any bar or brunch it’s inevitable football will be on. Merch is sold at every Walmart or Target.
And finally, the NFL turnS a blind eye to domestic abuse and DUIs from their players, I don’t think they care about optics. People will go into debt to go to a game, and they know it.
I agree. I don’t think there is a chance in hell Birdie is influencing anyone to become a football fan.