NEW ORLEANS -- The NFL is stenciling "Choose Love" in the back of one of the end zones at the Superdome for Super Bowl LIX on Sunday in an effort to encourage the country after a series of tragedies over the first six weeks of the year.
"The Super Bowl is often a snapshot in time and the NFL is in a unique position to capture and lift the imagination of the country," league spokesman Brian McCarthy said in a statement. "'Choose Love' is appropriate to use as our country has endured in recent weeks wildfires in Southern California, the terrorist attack here in New Orleans, the plane and helicopter crash near our nation's capital and the plane crash in Philadelphia.