Super Bowl LII
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Philadelphia Eagles 41, New England Patriots 33
Super Bowl LII Champions
Philadelphia Eagles
Like so many other odd things that have been going on ever since Trump took over as President a little over one year ago, this is starting to be the new normal. Traditionally, winning sports teams in North America take a visit of the White House, with invitations from the sitting president normally warmly accepted. It has traditionally been viewed as a great honor.
Those days appear to be gone, however. Each time a major North American sports team wins a championship, it seems that there are several members who are asked if they will visit the Trump White House, and they then make news by refusing, and declining to take any part in these particular festivities.
Chris Long generated quite a few headlines in the days leading up to Super Bowl LII when he rejected the possibility of visiting the White House while Trump is President.
Well, as it turns out, there are some other members of the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles who are planning to skip out on the visit, as well. That includes Torrey Smith and Malcolm Jenkins, and will likely also include LeGarrette Blount. Blount, like Long, was a member of the Patriots last season when they won the Super Bowl, and he refused to visit the White House because, again like Long, he
Jenkins dismissed the idea of a White House visit when asked about it by CNN:
"Nah, I personally do not anticipate attending."
Torrey Smith said this about the whole national anthem protest controversy, and the criticism that he and others who participated in it received:
"They call it the anthem protest. We're not protesting the anthem."
"It's a protest during the anthem. I understand why people are mad, or may be offended when someone takes a knee. My father, when he dies, is going to be buried with an American flag draped around his casket, being that he served in the Army."
Long generated some controversy before this past Super Bowl when he, like last year, rejected the notion of visiting the Trump White House out of hand, saying, "No, I'm not going to the White House. Are you kidding me?"
Last year, he made clear exactly why he would not visit the White House:
"When my son grows up -- and I believe the legacy of our president is going to be what it is -- I don't want him to say, 'Hey dad, why'd you go when you knew the right thing was to not go.'"
Seems like the Long family has a few more brains than many who dismiss jocks. I, for one, am impressed!
Blount skipped last year's ceremony, just like Long did. He mentioned, at the time, his feelings on why he was skipping out on the visit:
"I just don't feel welcome into that house. I'm just gonna leave it at that."
A list of Philadelphia Eagles players who say they'll skip a visit to the White House Deena Zaru 2017 By Deena Zaru, CNN Updated 10:07 AM ET, Tue February 6, 2018:
Some Eagles players planning to boycott White House visit BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 02/05/18
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