I was watching an ESPN sports show the other day with Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman. The topic was players from the Patriots refusing to meet with the president for a team congratulation.
Kellerman said it was right for players to refuse to attend because Trump was different from all other presidents. He was trying to make the argument that meeting with Trump meant agreeing with his politics.
Smith contradicted him and said the event has nothing to do with agreeing with a particular president's politics...it was just a non-political event which players should not impute political motives .
I agree with Smith on this subject. I remember when Obama invited the Patriots a few years ago, and one Patriot refused to go because he thought it meant agreeing with Obama.
Refusing to go with your teammates to attend a team congratulatory event is disrespectful to your teammates. I despise Obama, but if I had played on a team that won a title in some sport, I would have gone as a member of the team.
Nevertheless, Kellerman's remarks about how Trump is somehow different than other presidents is reflective of all the leftist nuts currently employed by many sports channels and stations.