Sao Paulo beefs up protection for NFL game in between Eagles, Packers #.\n\nSao Paulo has tightened up protection in front of the first NFL game in South America after gamers voiced problems concerning traveling to Latin United States's largest nation, the Brazilian condition said Wednesday.Brazil is going to organize the activity in between the Philly Eagles and also the Green Gulf Packers on Friday at Stadium Corinthians in Sao Paulo, the first NFL video game on the continent as well as the first Week 1 activity held on a Friday evening given that 1970. Eagles gamers have actually questioned safety and security in the area, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.\" Our experts possessed a meeting with an entire number of 'do not carry out's.' Thus, I am actually only trying to decrease there, win a football video game and also go back home,\" wide receiver A.J. Brown said to reporters last week.He pointed out gamers were recommended not to stroll on the roads keeping cellphones.Editor's Picks2 Connected\" Week 1, I'm looking forward to it, I can not hang around,\" Darius Kill Jr. pointed out recently on his \"Significant Play Kill\" podcast. \"Yet male, I perform certainly not intend to most likely to Brazil, you want to know why? I'm here to tell you why. They actually told us not to leave the hotels and resort. They told us we can not carry out too much happening considering that the unlawful act cost is ridiculous.\" ... I feel like, NFL why y' all wan na deliver our team somewhere where the crime cost is this high and our company out the nation? You understand, the primary thing individuals are presuming is like some fear can perhaps happen. I told my family perform certainly not come down there certainly given that I'm not heading to be nowhere to become found. I'm mosting likely to reside in the hotel cooling, minding my organization, playing my video game after a lengthy 9 1\/2- hr flight.\" On Tuesday night, Slay asked forgiveness \"to anybody I offended\" in an article on X.I want to ask forgiveness to any person I angered, that wasn't my objective. I' mLooking onward to playing in your stunning nation and i have actually listened to yall are quite passionate just like our impressive Eagles fan. Merely a few more days, can not wait!!!!

FlyEaglesFly-- Darius Slay (@bigplay24slay) September 4, 2024 The Sao Paulo state authorities said it would pass on concentrated civil and armed forces authorities battalions to reinforce safety during the course of the activity as well as place police officers on streets and also learns, and at metro terminals, hotels and resorts and traveler attractions." To assure the safety of the gamers, the armed forces authorities will improve the amount of personnel upon delivery of the delegations at the Guarulhos Airport and escort the staffs to their hotels, instruction web sites and the coliseum," it stated in a declaration. Authorizations will definitely likewise carry out a sweep at the coliseum just before the games.Brazil in 2023 ranked as the 17th-most dangerous nation in the world through murder rate, according to Statista data, beneath Latin American peers including Ecuador and also Mexico-- where the NFL has actually kept activities because 2005 with safety and security worries additionally voiced.Sao Paulo condition mentions the regional murder fee is 4 times less than the nationwide standard and also matches up to that of The golden state, while standing up under Washington, D.C., for example.Both the Eagles as well as Packers are actually departing for Brazil on Wednesday.Reuters added to this report.