Steeler's Linebacker Harrison Won't Visit White House with Team
#11
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?
#12
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.
#13
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.
#14
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.
#15
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.
#16
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??
#19
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....
#20
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
Last edited by HBdirtbag; 05-19-2009 at 11:40 AM.