For years, visiting the White House after winning the Super Bowl has been a tradition. However, certain Philadelphia Eagles players will not be taking part in the team’s visit to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. after their championship win this year.
Since Donald Trump took office as president last January, the president and NFL players have not necessarily seen eye to eye. While players knelt during the national anthem to protest police brutality and shootings last fall, Trump flipped the script to fit his own narrative, saying that players who kneel for the anthem were disrespecting the flag. In reality, none of the players kneeling intended to disrespect the flag or the men or women who serve this country.