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A recent meme has taken over social media lately. After an parody appearance by former NFL running back Arian Foster on the Barstool Pardon My Take podcast, where he claimed that each season in the National Football League is pre-scripted by writers, the jokes wrote themselves as creative minds pretended the meme is for real.
The NFL is “rigged” meme has taken over the internet, with the initial tweet being viewed over 291 million times, getting more than 119,000 likes and has over 21,500 quote tweets full of humor.
Former NFL player arian foster admits NFL is literaly rigged pic.twitter.com/RSfqF1OwKI
— PFT Commenter (@PFTCommenter) January 31, 2023
Jameis reading the 30-Interception Season Script https://t.co/qTgJ6kzbbk pic.twitter.com/IzJWu2iKus
— 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗶™ 🏴☠️ (@TheSamerAli) February 2, 2023
Michael Jordan and Tom Brady right after reading the script for their careers https://t.co/iuxnVZ3eI3 pic.twitter.com/WPhcDHB9nt
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) February 3, 2023
Antonio Brown reading the script for the rest of his career after the Burfict hit https://t.co/FZWK8mMoC0 pic.twitter.com/2RhXSCqHQq
— Colin Congdon (@colin_congdon) February 1, 2023
NFL Players Embrace The Meme In Real Life
At the Pro-Bowl of the 2022 season on Sunday, NFL players across all teams have bought into the “script” meme. Several players got caught on Mic’d Up sharing jokes with each other. Including New York Jets rookie Cornerback Sauce Gardner, Los Angeles Chargers Safety Derwin James, Miami Dolphins Cornerback Xaxien Howard and Tennessee Titans Long Snapper Morgan Cox.
The NFL is scripted meme was very much on the players minds at the Pro-Bowl 🤣
"You didn't read the script!" pic.twitter.com/LaJgqQnAI7
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) February 7, 2023