NFL teams banned from using Bluesky 🐦

[LessAspin]

Yet another corporate entity bending the knee to Trump, Musk, Zuck, and our Oligarch Overlords.

https://bsky.app/profile/theverge.com/post/3lgdvgbczxo2b



https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/22/24349499/nfl-patriots-bluesky-accounts-not-allowed-x-meta-threads

[Lovie777]

2. Only Bluesky?...................

[LessAspin]

3. Reddit

Threads and of course X have deals in place with the NFL

So any other social media platforms apparently are forbidden.

It's interesting that they wouldn't let the Patriots avail themselves of a popular and growing platform but it is what it is.

[rampartd]

4. "free speech"

“No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?”
― George Orwell,

[Wiz Imp]

8. The Patriots do have an account

But there have only been 2 posts and they were both a month ago.

https://bsky.app/profile/patriots.bsky.social

[tishaLA]

5. I follow the Eagles on bluesky and

That account appears to be active.

[Wiz Imp]

6. I'm pretty sure this is BS

Here's an active account for the Philadelphia Eagles

https://bsky.app/profile/philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social

and here's the Detroit Lions

https://bsky.app/profile/detroitlions.bsky.social

[LessAspin]

7. NFL's ban on Bluesky proves money means more than morals to the shield

SBNation with a good piece on this..

The NFL’s ban on Bluesky proves money means more than morals to the shield
The NFL is blocking teams from having Bluesky accounts while backing X and TikTok.

By James Dator Jan 22, 2025, 12:06pm EST 13 Comments / 13 New

Nobody beats the NFL when it comes to performative gestures. End zones and helmets have been adorned with slogans like “Stop Hate” and “End Racism” for four years, but make no mistake: None of this matters to the shield unless it’s bringing in money.

The greatest example of this came on Wednesday, with Awful Announcing catching that during a Q&A with the Patriots’ Fred Kirsch, VP of content for Kraft Sports & Entertainment a fan asked if the team could have an account on Twitter/X rival BlueSky, to which Kirsch replied:

“Well, right now we’re not allowed to. We had an account briefly on Bluesky but the league asked us to take it down because it’s not an approved social media platform for the NFL yet.”

There’s been no explanation from the NFL on why Bluesky is not an approved social media platform. Boasting over 28M users, Bluesky became an alternative to Twitter following Elon Musk’s purchase and rebranding of Twitter...

https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2025/1/22/24349479/nfl-ban-bluesky-social-media-elon-musk-nazi

[Rebl2]

9. How ridiculous

[Auggie]

10. Bluesky doesn't need the NFL to thrive

Screw ‘em