NFL Keeps Steelers-Saints Paris Game On Schedule as Steelers Cancel Fan Event Over Protests
Photo: NBC NewsThe NFL said Wednesday that its first regular-season game in Paris, between the New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers at Stade de France on Sunday, will go ahead as planned, even as the Steelers canceled a fan event in the city's Bastille neighborhood over security concerns. A league spokesman said preparations continue as scheduled and that no league sites have been disrupted. The Steelers called the cancellation of their planned Steelers House gathering at a Bastille bar a precaution. Protests over living costs and school conditions have affected France since early October, and French officials have reported thousands of arrests. The government estimated 550,000 people demonstrated last Saturday, and curfews have been imposed in parts of Paris. Commissioner Roger Goodell said Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in regular contact with French officials and is informing the league of potential threats.
Right-leaning outlets, the Washington Times and Daily Wire, lead with violent unrest and the canceled event, with the Daily Wire quoting the Steelers statement and Goodell. Left-leaning NBC News leads with the game proceeding despite security worries, adding protest scale, arrests, curfews and the league's statement. Alternative outlets ESPN and Yahoo Sports focus narrowly on the Bastille event cancellation. All sides agree on the cancellation and the security concerns behind it.
How the sides differ Left sources stress the NFL's security planning and protest scale; alternative sources focus on the canceled fan event; right sources emphasize violence and the event's cancellation.
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NBC News leads with the NFL staging the game despite security concerns, citing the league spokesman, French officials' arrest and turnout figures, curfews, and a Saint-Denis mayor standing between police and protesters.
ESPN and Yahoo Sports focus on the canceled Steelers fan event at a Bastille bar, citing security concerns after recent protests, with little detail on the wider unrest.
The Washington Times and Daily Wire stress violent protests and the fan event cancellation; the Daily Wire quotes the Steelers statement, Goodell and Rubio's contact with French officials.