Social Media Accuses WFT of PR Stunt Announcing Retirement of Sean Taylor's Number Amid Email Controversy (TWEETS)

Social Media Accuses WFT of PR Stunt Announcing Retirement of Sean Taylor’s Number Amid Email Controversy (TWEETS)

October 14, 2021, 10:19am EST (Updated: January 16, 2023, 9:48pm)By Darrelle Lincoln

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The Washington Football Team are not fooling anybody with their latest stunt.

On Thursday, the team announced that they plan to retire the number of the late Sean Taylor, which has been in plans for months. However, the team decided to bring it up again at a time where there is pressure on the NFL to release the findings of 650,000 emails that has gotten Jon Gruden out of the league and ESPN’s Adam Schefter in hot water.

There will never be another 21 ?

On Sunday, we will officially retire Sean Taylor's number
— Washington Football Team (@WashingtonNFL) October 14, 2021

Twitter saw right through this post and blasted the team for this obvious public relations move.

The Washington Football Team has decided to officially retire Sean Taylor's number this Sunday.

That's awesome, of course, but with email leaks revealing racist & homophobic behavior, it also feels like a poorly timed PR stunt.

Even if it was pre-planned, #21 deserves better.
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) October 14, 2021

1- this is overdue
2- clearly a PR stunt considering even being going on currently on and even more so off the field
3- giving fans 3 day notice for Sean Taylor jersey retirement which is one of few things we care about is dumb. That could’ve been the only reason I came to game.
— Tan (@FindingNima11) October 14, 2021

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Sean Taylor died November 27, 2007, nearly 14 years ago.
This has all the feel of a PR move. https://t.co/ut6qed5rbU
— Chuck Harris (@chuckh3) October 14, 2021

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Using Sean Taylor as a PR stunt and retiring his number on 3 days notice is everything you need to know about how slimey Dan Snyder can be. Truly just a bad person through and through.
— Nate (@BarstoolNate) October 14, 2021

100% using this as a PR stunt… sad using Sean Taylor’s name like this when this should’ve been done years ago? but I guess it’s good it’s finally happening, timing is just horribly bad..
— ケーウッズ (@Kwoods___) October 14, 2021

With all the news of Snyder and Bruce Allen’s emails, this feels like a PR stunt. And that’s sad. Sean Taylor deserved better. https://t.co/OJSUKEkIHr
— Brandon Pope TV (@BpopeTV) October 14, 2021

Sean Taylor died when I was in MIDDLE SCHOOL.

The team literally waited 14 years and now are using it as a PR move.
— Tyler Brooke (@TylerDBrooke) October 14, 2021

The ceremony will be part of alumni homecoming weekend, which will see Washington host nearly 100 former players at FedExField.

Taylor was a two-time Pro Bowler in four seasons with Washington and a star on the rise when his life would suddenly come to an end at the age of 24 in 2007 after he was shot during an invasion of his home.