As the 2025 National Football League regular season approaches and many of us ponder such important topics as whether the Ravens fans will say “Justin Who?” after a few more games with Tyler Loop kicking 61-yard field goals, it’s a bit surprising that anyone cares what messages might be stenciled in the end zone . Yet here we are. For the sixth straight season, NFL teams will have their on-field social justice messages that blandly inspire us to be better. Ho-hum.

There are just a handful. Let’s review. One end zone will have “It Takes All of Us” and the other will have either “End Racism,” “Stop Hate,” “Choose Love” or “Inspire Change.” Only the last one is a newcomer. It replaces “Vote,” which had a bit more resonance in 2024 when there was a national election going on.

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