Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will miss the group’s go to to the White Home and assembly with President Trump on Monday.
The Eagles’ White Home go to, a practice for all Tremendous Bowl champions, has been hotly debated. Final week, Hurts was requested about probably attending and responded solely, “Um…” adopted by eight seconds of silence.
“Our culture is that these are optional things,” group proprietor Jeffrey Lurie advised reporters in early April. “If you want to enjoy this, come along and we’ll have a great time and if you don’t, it is totally an optional thing.”
The Eagles additionally received the Tremendous Bowl in 2018, throughout Trump’s first time period, however didn’t go to the White Home. After a number of gamers publicly mentioned they wouldn’t attend any occasion, Trump canceled it totally.
“No, I’m not going to the White House,” defensive lineman Chris Lengthy mentioned on the time. “Are you kidding me?”
Hurts, 26, was nonetheless in faculty when the Eagles received the title in 2018. The group chosen him within the second spherical of the NFL Draft in 2020.
One other distinguished Eagles participant, working again Saquon Barkley was in attendance Monday and golfed with Trump on Sunday.
“Maybe I just respect the office, not a hard concept to understand,” Barkley wrote Monday on social media, addressing his critics. “Just golfed with Obama not too long ago…and look forward to finishing my round with Trump! Now ya get out my mentions with all this politics.”
