By no means are the Philadelphia Eagles the most popular team in the NFL. They barely have any support in their division, and are more known for their rivalry with the New York Giants than their own accomplishments. In recent news, the Eagles featured Riley Cooper, a known racist, as the representative of February, a.k.a. Black History Month. At first, the team claimed that the incident was simply a mistake. Now, however, they are denying any involvement in the situation.
The Eagles were established in1933 as a replacement for the bankrupt Frankford Yellow Jackets. The last time they had a league championship was in 1960. Other than that, they made two Super Bowl appearances, but they lost both.
All in all, they are known as a mediocre team at best. From time to time, they pick up in popularity after signing big names like Terrell Ownes, Mike Vick or Donovan McNabb.
As previously stated, though, the boys in green and white haven't pulled off anything spectacular in a long time.
According to TMZ Sports, the did recently make headlines after allowing a known racist to represent black history month in their calendar:
"The Philadelphia Eagles [say] the fact that Riley Cooper was selected as the photo for February in the official team calendar was an honest mistake'...and they're looking into it. Of course, Cooper made national headlines at a Kenny Chesney concert back in 2013 when he was caught on camera saying, 'I will jump that fence and fight every n***** here.' Which is why it was surprising that the wide receiver was picked to represent February -- Black History Month -- in the official team calendar."
When a team's reputation is in jeopardy, they normally do whatever it takes to smooth things over. However, according to BET, the Eagles are lazily denying involvement:
"Somebody made an egregious error, but the Philadelphia Eagles are saying it wasn't them. But despite the calendar being the Eagles' official team calendar, the organization says they didn't manufacture it. 'We do not oversee the production of the annual team calendar,' the Eagles said in a news release, 'We do not provide any input about the players who are featured or where those pictures appear in the calendar.'"
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