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In this hyper-partisan environment where politics seems to invade every aspect of life, including sports, it is no surprise that a media that is obsessed with the President of the United States would ask hypothetical question about football players who have not won the Super Bowl if they will go to the White House to be honored if they actually did win the Super Bowl.
We are still eight days, three hours, and two minutes until the Super Bowl LIV at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. The Kansas City Chiefs will attempt to win their first Super Bowl in 50 years, but they’ll have to defeat the San Francisco 49ers who have won five NFL championships, most recently in 1994 at Super Bowl XXIX.
The Chiefs are 1.5-point favorites after the line opened at one, and this year’s Super Bowl has an over-under for total points of 54.5.
San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman was asked by the media if he will attend the White House visit if they win the Super Bowl. Sherman responded, “I haven’t thought about it,” he told reporter Scott Ostler from the San Francisco Chronicle. “We’ve got a long way between now and then, but I doubt it.”
When Sherman was a member of the 2014 Super Bowl-winning Seattle Seahawks, Sherman visited the White House when Barack Obama was POTUS.
Since Donald Trump became President of the United States in 2016, 10 teams in major sports (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, WNBA, college football, men’s and women’s college basketball) declined to go to the traditional White House visit or have not been invited.
One 49ers player who will drive himself to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to visit President Trump is 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft has said the POTUS is the “G.O.A.T.,” and has called Trump nemesis Colin Kaepernick a “clown.”
For his support, President Trump has tweeted about Bosa and called him a “big talent” who “will be a great player for years to come, maybe one of the best.”
Congratulations to Nick Bosa on being picked number two in the NFL Draft. You will be a great player for years to come, maybe one of the best. Big Talent! San Francisco will embrace you but most importantly, always stay true to yourself. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2019
Times were so much simpler when the only question about Super Bowl winners were asked, “Now that you’ve won the Super Bowl, what are you going to do?” And after receiving a fat check from Mickey Mouse, football players would happily respond, “I’m going to Disney World!”
[SFGate]