Starkiller Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/23698240/philadelphia-eagles-not-attend-white-house-ceremony-president-donald-trump I know this will turn into politics, but it’s an NFL discussion, too. A bunch of the players refused to go so Trump disinvited the entire team (same as he did to the Golden State Warriors). Seems like a major slap in the face to the coaches, players, and fans who planned to attend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denali Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Watch carefully and take notes. This is what happens when you tell the President to go fuck himself. And this is what it's like to have a President who has a backbone and has the balls to match. Gotta love it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doogie Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Way to throw chum into the water for titansgoodluckcharm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted June 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 15 minutes ago, Doogie said: Way to throw chum into the water for titansgoodluckcharm. What do I care? I ignore him... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolfolksunclesuncle Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Lol....most of the Eagles weren't going to show up anyway. So, Trump's handlers advised him to make the preemptive move to disinvite them as opposed to letting them no-show. It's a basic PR move to feign that you're calling the shots and doesn't signify any type of badassery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyitsmeallen Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 More like a lot of the Eagles players didn’t want to go. Less than 10 players were going to show up, so to save face he cancelled it. This is just like GSW last year. It used to be an honor to meet the President. Now they don’t care. Also relevant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reo Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Most of the Eagles weren't showing up. Trump just figured he'd rather cancel than have half a team show up then it be more of a story Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doogie Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Did Republican players ever not attend when Obama was in office? Honest question. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtenn Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Tom Brady, for one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted June 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 5 minutes ago, Doogie said: Did Republican players ever not attend when Obama was in office? Honest question. Yes. Not nearly as many refused though. And Obama never cancelled a visit over it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big2033 Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 5 minutes ago, Doogie said: Did Republican players ever not attend when Obama was in office? Honest question. Yeah plenty of times. George W. too I believe. They handled it with class. Despite what @Denali believes, this isn't a fucking hostage negotiation. "Your friends don't want to come to my party, well then I'm not inviting any of you and I'm going to trash you in the press. Take that!" Backbone and balls is throwing the celebration anyway. This is what kids do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reo Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 7 minutes ago, Doogie said: Did Republican players ever not attend when Obama was in office? Honest question. It's not as much a left/right thing here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titans279 Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 This is why it was so dumb for the NFL to change their rules just to try to appease Trump. Trump thrives on this culture war stuff. He's not going to let it go to waste. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamlngEnvy Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Denali said: Watch carefully and take notes. This is what happens when you tell the President to go fuck himself. And this is what it's like to have a President who has a backbone and has the balls to match. Gotta love it. This is what happens when your president is a gawdam snowflake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamlngEnvy Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 14 minutes ago, Titans279 said: This is why it was so dumb for the NFL to change their rules just to try to appease Trump. Trump thrives on this culture war stuff. He's not going to let it go to waste. No one did shit for trump lol that’s retarded they did it for their contract w the army or marines or whoever Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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