Posted on 02/10/2017 1:38:04 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
At least six members of the Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots have said they will not visit the White House for the traditional meeting that championship teams have with the president.
Running back LeGarrette Blount, defensive end Chris Long and defensive tackle Alan Branch on Thursday became the latest to announce that they would skip the visit. Long posted on Twitter that he planned on skipping in response to a column in The Daily News that urged him to skip.
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Who cares. Frankly, it’s a waste of tax dollars having any of them there. Cancel it.
Chris Long was a big Gary Johnson fan, but maybe he just doesn't want to be bothered with all the fuss.
Long posted on Twitter that he planned on skipping in response to a column in The Daily News that urged him to skip.
Long, go jump off cliff.
You just removed any chance of expressing your opinion and having some influence on The President...
Dumb...
Who needs them or really cares? Not me!
Are you sure Howie Long is a Trump guy? I always had the impression that he was a big lib.
Phaggots!
Yet six more reasons to put the NFL on my “No-Watch” list.
Well isn’t that special?
Cancel it now and let the world know it is because these six find a visit with the president offensive.
Let their team mates show these six how much they appreciate getting the presidential visit for the rest of the team cancelled.
I guess they aren’t really patriots, are they?
Rich, unappreciative, racist bums. Who cares? I hope they are traded to a zimbabwe team.
I applaud the 6 for not going. Why should our taxpayer-financed White House be used to promote mega-wealthy professional sports teams? It’s not as if an American team prevailed in international competition — pro football is just a sleazy business venture. I’d rather Trump stuck to business and end this tradition of Presidents using sports stars and other entertainers for photo ops.
To write they are low class would be a compliment.
The NFL can go to hell.
just invite Tom Brady and Bellichek watch em meltdown.
Ha! Blount is a thug. If he wasn’t playing football, he’d be lying dead on a street in Chicago from a drug deal gone bad. I still expect that to be his fate. Dumb ass gangster wannabe, he has the intellect of a tse-tse fly. The White House is just fine without that criminal element there.
Better they they not go. Long’s contract is for only one year anyway
Dump the whole thing. It just gets the government involved in more of our lives. As if a championship isn’t enough. You need the stamp of approval from the federal government.
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