Whereas Eagles star Saquon Barkley was {golfing} and touring with President Donald Trump, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts stayed removed from every part surrounding the staff’s upcoming White Home go to.
After he was seen dodging questions on whether or not or not he would attend the normal Tremendous Bowl champions’ go to to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave on the Time 100 Gala, White Home officers reportedly confirmed that Hurts is not going to be attending the staff’s go to, per journalist Yamiche Alcindor.
“A White Home official confirms to me that @Eagles quarterback @JalenHurts is not going to be visiting the White Home when the Tremendous Bowl champions come later this afternoon,” Alcindor tweeted hours earlier than the staff’s scheduled go to. “The White Home says Hurts and different gamers who can’t attend had ‘scheduling conflicts.’”
All eyes have been on the Philadelphia Eagles right now, after Barkley, the staff’s working again, was noticed {golfing} with Trump on Sunday in New Jersey. As followers on social media shared their reactions to seeing the Tremendous Bowl champion board Air Power One, Barkley responded to the backlash on X this morning.
“lol some persons are actually upset trigger I performed golfed and flew to the White Home with the PRESIDENT. Perhaps I simply respect the workplace, not a tough idea to grasp,” he wrote. “[I] simply golfed with Obama not too way back…and look ahead to ending my spherical with Trump ! Now ya get out my mentions with all this politics and have [an] wonderful day.”
Regardless of the controversy, it appears to be like like Hurts received’t be the one lacking teammate on the NFL staff’s go to. With different members having “schedule conflicts,” Eagles proprietor Jeffrey Lurie beforehand shared that the go to was “non-compulsory” for gamers.
“Our tradition is that these are non-compulsory issues,” Lurie acknowledged. “If you wish to get pleasure from this, come alongside and we’ll have a good time, and in case you don’t, it’s completely an non-compulsory factor.”
