Dawn Staley made it clear.
“National champions go, and I’m going to go,” she said.
The parade and net-cutting and signage and a barrage of congratulatory messages were terrific but there’s one thing left on the schedule. National championship teams have traditionally been invited to visit the White House and meet the President, and although the invitation hasn’t yet been extended, Staley expects one to arrive some day.
Normally it wouldn’t be a question. These aren’t normal times. Several athletes have been asked before championship events if they’d visit Donald Trump’s White House and many hesitated with a “maybe” or flat-out refused.