📡 Tuscaloosa News: EDITORIAL: Crimson Tide’s visit to the White House should not be politicized

[ComeOnSon]

Really? Why was Tom Brady never called a racist or any other that skipped an Obama visit?

He was. At a minimum it was insinuated. My guess is you ignored it or the media outlets that reported it. And no, I’m not going to dig back and find an example to post. Don’t have the time or inclination. Just like I said, facts are facts whether you like them or not.

 

[Tidestalker]

According to the Boston Herald, it's very possible that Brady's still bitter about a Deflategate joke the White House made after a Brady press conference in January -- and because of that joke, he decided not to attend the April 23 festivities.

After the 40-minute press conference in January, a press conference where Brady never sounded completely sure of himself, White House press secretary Josh Earnest released a statement insinuating that Brady wasn't very good at lying.

"The one thing I can tell you is that for years it's been clear that there is no risk that I was going to take Tom Brady's job as quarterback of the New England Patriots," Earnest said. "But I can tell you that as of today, it's pretty clear that there's no risk of him taking my job, either."

Apparently, that statement rubbed Brady the wrong way.

There had been speculation that Brady missed the trip because of his parents' 50th wedding anniversary, but it turns out that they've only been married for 46 years, according to the Herald.

Whatever the reason was that prompted Brady to skip the White House visit, it didn't sit well with ESPN's Steven A. Smith.

"So Tom Brady couldn't attend, huh? So Tom Brady couldn't attend," Smith said on the April 24 edition of First Take. "But was he there in 2001 when George W. Bush was president? Yes. Was he there in 2003 and 2004? I'm not sure about anything, I'm just simply presenting the question because I got a problem with the fact that the franchise quarterback... the face of New England Patriots, the future Hall of Famer and all of this other stuff. Tom Brady can't do anything wrong. He passes gas as perfume, OK. That's how untouchable Tom Brady is but when George W. Bush was president in 2001, 2003, 2004, Tom Brady was there. Tom Brady was there at the White House celebrating."

Smith seemed to insinuate that Brady didn't show up because Obama's president.

Did Tom Brady skip visit with Obama because he's mad at the White House?

 

[JoshB]

It is disrespectful regardless u does it.....period
Maybe way we were raised...the difference in opinion....maybe our differences in eras.....I'll take mine anyday...
But...back to Bama football stuff...for me anyway...

Completely missed my point.

 

[JoshB]

Did Tom Brady skip visit with Obama because he's mad at the White House?

Stephen A. Smith Denies Implying Racism As Reason for Tom Brady Skipping White House Ceremony

In fact, the Stephen A. Smith stuff where idiots were claiming that he was inferring that it was because Brady was racist, is the only stuff I even remember about all of that, yet he clearly lays out that he thinks its because he was a Republican. Even in your article it points that out.

 

[JoshB]

He was. At a minimum it was insinuated. My guess is you ignored it or the media outlets that reported it. And no, I’m not going to dig back and find an example to post. Don’t have the time or inclination. Just like I said, facts are facts whether you like them or not.

Let me guess, you use Breitbart as your "news source?"

 

[Tidestalker]

Stephen A. Smith Denies Implying Racism As Reason for Tom Brady Skipping White House Ceremony

In fact, the Stephen A. Smith stuff where idiots were claiming that he was inferring that it was because Brady was racist, is the only stuff I even remember about all of that, yet he clearly lays out that he thinks its because he was a Republican. Even in your article it points that out.

I'm not even arguing. I just wasn't familiar with him not even going. The bigger point is that TB clearly can't take a joke....