The Philadelphia Eagles officially accepted the invitation to visit the White House in celebration of the Super Bowl Lix victory, confirmed a spokesman for the team on Tuesday (11). The spokesman added that the team is “working on the definition of date and logistics” related to the visit to Washington.
The announcement comes weeks, following social networking speculation that the team would refuse the traditional visit. At that time, the invitation had not yet been extended to the team.
In an overwhelming victory of 40 to 22, winning the second of the franchise. When the team won their first championship in 2018, the Eagles decided not to celebrate the victory with President Donald Trump, who was in their first term at the time.
The decision caused a wave of criticism from Trump, who falsely accused the Eagles of kneeling during “The Star-Spangled Banner” that year and disrespecting the national anthem in other ways before canceling the invitation to the entire team.
The year before, the Golden State Warriors chose not to visit Trump at the White House after winning the NBA Championship 2016-17, with Trump also announcing on social networks that the invitation had been revoked.
The decision about visiting the White House became a less tense question during the term of former President Joe Biden. Biden received numerous champion teams and usually did not get involved in disputes with teams that did not visit.
Trump’s presence in the Super Bowl Lix made him. The Player of the offensive line of the Eagles, Lane Johnson, told the Sporty Last month the decision about visiting the White House would be by team vote.
“I would be honored to go, regardless of who the president is, but we will see. It is a decision of the team. I will do what is best for the team, ”said Johnson.
