Today, the NFL has owned it's mistake and has already made efforts to ensure a similar mistake will never happen again. "It was a simple mistake at a very inopportune time. There are a lot of things that look different this year, because of the COVID-19 restrictions", said a spokesman the NFL. "We're all adjusting and mistakes are bound to happen, but we make no excuses. We dropped the ball on this one."

When asked to further clarify the mishap, the NFL spokesman said, "Well, we have some tracks specifically queued up and ready—much like laugh tracks in a sitcom or a Joe Biden town hall when he goes off script and tries to tell a joke—and in this case, our audio technician mixed up the buttons. So, when the sound guy pushed "LOUD CHEERS" what was actually played instead was "LOUD BOOS" intermingled with the real fans who were obviously cheering as loud and proud as they could."

There were many questions about why the boos were so prevalent during the NFL's first virtue-signal of the year, but as it turns out it was nothing more than technical difficulties. The Sunday Night Football crew were quick to identify and correct the issue and the buttons were relabeled before they were mistakenly misused again. The NFL also instituted fail safes by including a 3-second delay on their broadcasts so that the TV audience would never hear the wrong reactions again. To further avoid another embarrassing moment, the broadcasts will no longer record any real game sounds and all audio will be carefully scripted and choreographed, much like the actual games, plays, and final scores have been for decades.

"The more guess work and spontaneity you can take out of it, the better it is for everyone. We lost control there for a moment and it really could have cost us. Going forward, we are committed to taking a much more 'hands on' approach to this, to ensure mistakes like these don't happen again. Our fans, and more importantly our advertisers, are very important to us and we want to ensure everyone that the NFL remains the premier and marketable asset that people have come to expect. Companies are very hesitant to put their reputations and money behind anything that could be perceived as offensive or insensitive. If we can't guarantee these businesses that we will keep them from getting canceled by the social-justice mobs, then we're not doing our job. And booing during a moment of unity is not acceptable. We have ensured these organizations that these boos were in no way attributed to real fans sharing their real feelings and we will spare no expense to ensure that this kind of mistake does not happen again on Network television or our syndicated radio broadcasts."

During his recent press conference, Tom Brady took questions over Zoom about training camp, learning the playbook, and adjusting to life as a member of the Tampa Bay Bucs. One reporter's question, regarding the national social unrest and how it has impacted the team, shed light on a burden Brady has been carrying over the past several months. The reporter asked him if the national protests—sparked by the racially motivated police killing of George Floyd—have caused him to do any self-reflection about his own white privilege, as a white quarterback in the NFL.

"Well, it has been well documented that I keep a pretty tight schedule, so I don't have much free time spend on news or other social-media platforms," Brady said. "I try very hard to focus on positive things because I believe very strongly that negativity tends to breed negativity. I focus on the things I can control and things I can change about myself. I try very hard to set a good example in all areas of my life and empower and encourage others to do the same. Every one of my teammates understands that we are in this together. They know that I love them, regardless of who they are or where they come from. In this career, none of us get special or preferential treatment. Coach is just as quick to jump on my case as he is anybody else and that's the NFL that I grew up in and have grown accustomed to for my entire career. We truly are brothers. All of us are in this together."

When the reporter pressed harder for a more concrete response, from Brady, regarding anything that he's personally learned during this time of national reflection on racial injustice, Brady responded, "I'm not really sure what you're chasing here. I tried to answer your question already, but it seems that you're looking for something else? I can tell you that for the longest time...whenever I saw graffiti [referring to 'F*** 12' ] on burned down buildings and overturned police cars and and other stuff, I always made the assumption that it was about me. I mean when I made the decision to leave the Patriots after 19 seasons, people in Pat's Nation were pretty upset. So when I saw that spray-painted on these burned-out buildings and cars, I naturally made the assumption that folks were talking about me. It wasn't until I overheard a couple of my teammates talking about what it really meant, that I was finally able to put two and two together."

This didn't appear to be the answer the reporter was chasing, but it did bring a few laughs from other reporters on the Zoom call and seemed to lighten the mood a bit. Before Brady moved on to the next question, he did go on to say—with a slight grin on his face—"I'm still not completely convinced that my teammates weren't just trying to make me feel better. God knows I have my fair share of haters around the nation and now that includes Pat's Nation as well."