Osprey":32xe3hv0 said:
HawkGA":32xe3hv0 said:
Cyrus12":32xe3hv0 said:
Guess the Prez said beat it to the Eagles today regarding their visit...
Would be curious to see all the Eagles complaining about the cancellation asked if they were actually planning on going.
WH claims Eagles tried to rope-a-dope them by requesting 80 passes and then dropping it to single digits the day before. So more or less a no show designed to embarrass.
I'm increasingly saddened by
everything being a political game.
I didn't see a single Eagles player, nor anyone related to the organization complain about this situation.
All WH visits require security clearance. You submit a roster of names for them to check. The WH can claim whatever they want, but they have zero credibility these days, and then they went on to further look like idiots by releasing petty statements and turning the event, LITERALLY, into "a celebration of the American flag with Eagles fans." What a joke.
Then the NFL and the commissioner just bend over and take it yesterday. Hilarious.
This is nothing more than an extension of this culture war that is being shoved down Americans' throats. No one talks about the issues at hand, no one talks about what the flag symbolizes, no one talks about the countless hours and dollars that these athletes pour into their communities and charities. There's a large portion of this country that just wants to complain about the protests themselves, they conflate patriotism with nationalism and refuse to believe that doing anything other than standing at attention with hand over heart is disrespectful to our service men and women, etc.
I hope all players stay in the locker rooms from here on out.