Less than 24 hours after blocking people from creating and ordering custom Harambe jerseys on their website, the NFL has reversed their decision after finding out that the gorilla’s name was accidentally put on the banned list.
BREAKING: Harambe can once again be put on back of all jerseys, was listed as a banned word by mistake https://t.co/uviJG1z0Fi
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 15, 2016
NFL had nothing to do with initial Harambe jersey ban, word was proactively put on banned words list by retailer https://t.co/uviJG1hpNK
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 15, 2016
Props to the NFL for getting this right. I would imagine Harambe jersey sales are going to skyrocket now.
Deflategate took 2 years to settle, Harambe jersey-gate was rectified in 14 hours. This is the NFL
— Anthony Lima (@SportsBoyTony) September 15, 2016
h/t Sporting News