Elaborate specifically, please? You haven't actually implied anything in particular yet.



Question - Do any of you think that the media response would have been in any way different if a white player had turned down an invitation to visit Barack?

 

Correct!

As long as there is no contractual clause requiring him to go to the White House, I don't think anyone has any reason to get upset. Must have been a slow news day at ESPN.

 

there may not be a written contract, but there is an implied obligation that he has as a steeler and nfl member. he's making millions of dollars playing football, why can't he spend a day at the white house? i don't think it's a huge deal, but he's sort of being a tool if you ask me.

 

I would assume this is exactly why he does not want to go.

 

i would agree, but the point remains that he is "famous" and is so because he is a football player. if the nfl wants him to go, then he should go.

 

Lets not forget that he also made the decisive play during that Super Bowl - the 98-yard run back for a TD. That makes him a "high profile" player that people are watching. He also signed a big contract in the off season. Does that increase his obligation to go??

 

for arguement's sake, higher profile players are more obligated. this would be especially true for qb's and and a handful of big name players.

 

In his defense - no pun intended - but defensive linemen often eschew the spotlight and don't like to be featured. It is part of their psyche and persona.

 

Isn't it?? I can tolerate the wingnuts on here even though we're at opposite ends of the ideological spectrum, yet the same wingnuts too often show little to no tolerance for their brethren who are far closer to their end of the spectrum....

 

I look at it as one of those "optional" "do on your own time" work events........and he wasn't making millions when he didn't go the first time. I don't see the big deal....i'd venture to bet every year there are people who don't go....this is just the first guy to have the opportunity two times in a short amount of time.


Personally.....would I rather enjoy a few days at home during the off season.....or be a part of a mob of people going to do some optional ceremony to meet the president..............i'm sitting in the pool at home