Videos on social media showed Democratic power broker, Democratic Party organizer, and New Jersey businessman George Norcross being ejected from Sunday’s game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys after flying an American-Israeli flag.
On Sunday afternoon, Norcross, 67, was in a private suite at Lincoln Financial Field when he was approached by stadium security because of the flag hanging over the edge of the suite.
Before Norcross was escorted from his seat, and the flag was removed, the discussion appeared strained.
They better be careful because University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill just had to resign over her antisemitic behavior and remarks after the October 7 attacks. Harvard University President Claudine Gay is the next target for antisemitism resulting from her behavior after the October 7 slaughter of innocent Israelis. What the NFL and the Philadelphia Eagles have done here could be construed as anti-Semitism. They allowed BLM banners and flags to be shown, but not an American and Israeli flag?
In a statement to the New Jersey Globe, the political powerhouse stated that he was “forcibly removed” and is evaluating legal alternatives.
“Yesterday, I was forcibly removed and assaulted by the non-police security staff of Lincoln Financial Field and the Eagles/NFL for refusing to remove a 3′ x5′ American and Israeli flag I’d hung off the box I was sitting in,” he claimed in a statement sent to the media.
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL“As a longtime passionate fan and season ticket holder, I have watched the Eagles/NFL make clear and strong statements on numerous important civil justice issues and ethnic and world conflicts, including supporting the people of Ukraine, so as a strong supporter of Israel – a country which was viciously attacked by the terrorist group Hamas less than a month ago – I thought it was an important statement to make.”
According to the website, stadium regulation prohibits “obscene or indecent” banners and billboards and states that they may not carry “political endorsements.”
“Signs, banners or similar items that are obscene or indecent, not event-related, potentially offensive to other patrons, capable of blocking the views of other fans or otherwise deemed dangerous or inappropriate by the Eagles are prohibited. They may not contain commercial messages, logos or political endorsements and may not be hung on the stadium structure.”
Norcross stated in his statement that he was cited for breaching this guideline as a result of hanging the flag.
“It remains unclear why the Eagles/NFL believe that the US-Israeli flag should be deemed ‘obscene or indecent’ or otherwise inappropriate — which is what I was cited for — and should therefore be ripped down despite both issuing public statements strongly supporting Israel following the October 7th attacks.”
He went on to say, “But as I consider whether to file suit against the Philadelphia Eagles, the NFL, and the security company which yanked me out of the box and paraded me in front of thousands of fans, I urge other supporters of Israel to make their feelings known to the team and the NFL just as they have to universities like Penn and Harvard.”
