The Philadelphia Eagles did not visit Donald Trump's White House after winning the Super Bowl Lii in February 2018.
But after Sunday's Super Bowl on Kansas City's bosses, birds could go to Trump's White House at some point in this year.
“I would be honored to go, regardless of who the president is, but we'll see,” said team captain and the right Tackle Lane Johnson, according to what was cited by Sports. 'Ultimately, it is a team decision. I will do my best for the team.
The president attended the Victory of the Eagles over the Chiefs on Sunday in New Orleans, but left the game early to fly back home in Palm Beach, Florida, at an estimated cost of somewhere between $ 8 million and $ 20 millions in taxpayers.
Trump's story with NFL has been complicated to say at least.
The League demanded as the owner of the New Jersey generals of the USFL in the 1980s in an effort condemned for acquiring a NFL franchise, according to the best -selling author Jeff Pearlman's best -selling author for a dollar. Finally, the NFL commissioner, Pete Rozelle, told Trump in 1984 that “he would never be the owner of a franchise.”
Eagles Right Tackle, Lane Johnson (left) does not know if the team will go to the White House
President Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump represent the national anthem in the Super Bowl Lix
Before becoming president, he was surpassed by the Buffalo Bills, and after his electoral victory in 2016, Trump criticized the Protestant players to kneel during the national anthem.
It was in the spring of 2018 that Trump disabled the eagles of the traditional White House ceremony that June amid rumors that several players planned to boycott the event.
“The Philadelphia Eagles football team was invited to the White House,” Trump wrote on Twitter at that time. “Unfortunately, only a small number of players decided to come, and we canceled the event.”
Trump then linked the problem with the NFL players who protested the brutality of the racist police by kneeling during the anthem. It also rebuked those who remained in the locker room during the star banner, as allowed by the rules of the League/
“By staying in the locker room for the game of our national anthem it is as disrespectful with our country as kneeling,” he added. 'I'm sorry!'
Only a handful of eagles players remain in Philadelphia of that winning team of the Super Bowl: Johnson, the defensive wing Brandon Graham, the kicking Jake Elliott and the long Pargo Rick Lovato.
The owner of the Eagles, Jeffrey, Lurie, avoided the controversy before the victory of the Super Bowl Lix on Sunday when asked if his team would visit the White House in case of a victory over the Chiefs.
“I just want to win on Sunday,” Lurie replied.
From what is worth, Lurie has a history of supporting left -wing politicians, such as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, although previously also the Republicans George W. Bush and Arlen Specter.
Trump thanked Brittany in September for his decision to play the 'Like' button twice
Trump has improved relationships with chiefs since he falsely declared that they play in Kansas
The New York Times He published a recording of Lurie at a private meeting in October 2018 criticizing Trump.
“Another fact that I want to throw: many of (the owners of the US NFL.) They have no interest in supporting President Trump,” he said. 'Yes, there are some. There are some players who do too. But here it is not where a group of people are soft because they have assets in a sport we love, supporting what many of us perceive as, you know, a disastrous presidency. ''
Interestingly, Trump has not congratulated the Eagles since his Super Bowl victory despite publicly giving the Kansas City bosses on social networks after his recent victory in the AFC championship. He has also praised the field marshal of the bosses Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany, the last of which “liked” a couple of publications in social networks related to Trump during the campaign.
“I want to thank the beautiful Brittany Mohomes for defending myself so strongly, and the fact that Maga is the greatest and most powerful political movement in the history of our country that now fails,” Trump wrote in his social network of truth before his Electoral victory over Kamala Harris in November.
Things were not always so pink between Trump and the Chiefs.
Years before, after Mohamses bosses won the 49ers of San Francisco at the Super Bowl Liv, Trump congratulated the team for “the great state of Kansas.”
The Chiefs play in Kansas City, Missouri, and not in Kansas City, Kansas, a smaller city a few miles away through the state border.