{"id":1592,"date":"2025-10-23T20:39:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2025-10-23T20:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:39:14","slug":"nfl-chief-goodell-shrugs-off-bad-bunny-super-bowl-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1592","title":{"rendered":"NFL chief Goodell shrugs off Bad Bunny Super Bowl critics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday stood by the choice of Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny to headline next year&#8217;s Super Bowl halftime show, a decision President Donald Trump has branded &#8220;absolutely ridiculous.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking in New York after the league&#8217;s annual autumn meeting, Goodell said he had no qualms about picking the Grammy-winning entertainer, who is wildly popular across the United States, for the NFL showpiece despite the backlash it had drawn from Trump and right-wing critics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yemi Alade - Tomorrow (Official Music Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G4u2yMsPdG8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s one of the leading and most popular entertainers in the world,&#8221; Goodell said of the decision. &#8220;That&#8217;s what we try to achieve. 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