A report surfaced final month saying the crew wouldn’t go in the event that they received, simply as they didn’t go to after profitable in 2018.
The Philadelphia Eagles will go to the White Home to rejoice their Tremendous Bowl victory.
White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the information on the each day press briefing on March 11. The potential for the Eagles visiting the White Home was initially a topic of controversy, after studies surfaced that the crew wouldn’t settle for the invitation. The Eagles didn’t go to the White Home after they received Tremendous Bowl LII in 2018.
“April 28, I can affirm that the Philadelphia Eagles might be right here on the White Home to rejoice their Tremendous Bowl victory,” Leavitt stated. “I do know there was a number of pretend information about an invite that wasn’t despatched or was despatched. We wish to right the report. We despatched an invite. They enthusiastically accepted, and you will note them right here on April 28.”
A crew spokesperson confirmed to NBC Sports activities Philadelphia’s John Clark on Monday that that they had accepted the invitation.
The preliminary report, initially revealed by the tabloid U.S. Solar on Feb. 6, three days earlier than the sport, cited an nameless “well-placed insider” who stated that in discussions between the gamers and entrance workplace a couple of potential White Home go to, the gamers responded with a “huge no.”
“We concentrate on the sport for now, but when we win the Tremendous Bowl, we wouldn’t go to the White Home,” an nameless member of the Eagles’ possession group stated, by way of the Solar.
The Solar additionally quoted an nameless “present participant” who stated that “just about everybody” determined that they’d not settle for.
“We characterize a metropolis and a state that’s pushing for equal rights, respect, and values that respect each human being,” the nameless participant stated. He pointed to Trump’s criticism of the Eagles’ social justice protests, and stated the gamers “received’t again down from our values of respect, integrity, and equality.”
The Eagles dismissed these studies immediately, and Clark reported on Feb. 24 that the crew would settle for an invite. On the time, the White Home had not but despatched one. Professional Soccer Speak later reported, quoting a “supply with direct information of the crew’s plans,” that the crew could be honored to attend and had not even thought-about turning the invitation down.
Trump introduced he would ship the invite the subsequent day. “I assumed it was an important efficiency by them, and completely they’re going to be prolonged an invite,” he stated within the Oval Workplace on Feb. 25. He then appeared to a staffer and requested her to ship the invite. “We’re going to do it someday at present. They should be down right here, and we hope to see them.”
When the Eagles didn’t go to in 2018, the NFL’s social justice protests through the singing of the nationwide anthem have been in full swing, and Trump repeatedly criticized gamers who refused to face for the anthem. Trump disinvited the crew after a lot of the gamers refused to attend.
“The Philadelphia Eagles are unable to return to the White Home with their full crew to be celebrated tomorrow,” Trump stated in a press release on the time. “They disagree with their President as a result of he insists that they proudly stand for the Nationwide Anthem, hand on coronary heart, in honor of the nice women and men of our army and the folks of our nation. The Eagles wished to ship a smaller delegation, however the 1,000 followers planning to attend the occasion deserve higher.”
Eagles gamers Malcolm Jenkins and Torrey Smith responded, criticizing Trump for utilizing the anthem protests as his purpose for canceling and reiterating their dedication to social justice.
