Kansas City Chiefs's kicker Harrison Butker is still supported by his controversial start speech almost a year after the outrage he caused.
Butker, who is preparing for his third consecutive appearance in the Super Bowl with the Chiefs this weekend, received fierce criticism when he went to graduates in the Benedictine College of Kansas in May last year.
In addition to seeming to condemn the pro-abortion position of the then president Joe Biden and the LGBTQ+community, the NFL star divided the opinion by suggesting that women should prioritize being mothers who stay at home and raise families about the search for potential races own
Several fans and high profile figures expressed angry at their comments, with a request for the Chiefs to cut him from his list and finally receive almost 250,000 signatures.
Even some of his teammates, including Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, publicly admitted that they do not share the same opinions as their colleague Franco.
However, despite the reaction that followed, Butker says he does not regret the speech nine months later.
The Chiefs kicker, Harrison Butker, is still in his controversial start speech last year
“God has given me this platform and I will say what I think is true and what I have close to my heart,” he said on the opening night of the Super Bowl week in New Orleans.
“Anything that comes, I am lucky to be in the Chiefs and be in another Super Bowl.”
While they distance themselves from their opinions, Butker was still supporting Kelce and Mohomes, along with Kansas City chief coach Andy Reid.
The three defended the pateador of the Chiefs despite the fact that they do not have the same opinions.
“I have known him for more years,” Kelce said in his new Heights podcast at that time. 'I appreciate it as a teammate. I think Pat (Mahomes) said it better where he is a great person and a great teammate.
Meanwhile, Reid said the team respected his opinion as he added that he did not believe he was attacking women.
“Many boys had different opinions about it,” Butker continued on Monday night, “but we all love each other in that locker room. We all know who we are.
'All the boys understood where it came from. They respect me. They respect what I have to say. And I have nothing to apologize for.