# Six Patriots won't go to White House **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 10, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468 "2017-02-10T15:22:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/1 "2017-02-10T15:22:21Z")
Not sure which forum this belongs in, but it’s at least partially about football. [Six Patriots](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/318884-sixth-new-england-patriot-announces-he-will-skip-white-house) have said they won’t go to the White House as part of the traditional visit by the Super Bowl winners. All well known starters - LaGarrette Blount, Chris Long, Dont’a Hightower, Devin McCourty, Martellus Bennett and Alan Branch. I assume that by next year the NFL will have instituted a rule requiring all members of the winning team to go. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/2 "2017-02-10T15:38:41Z")
From the OP’s linked article: \*Defensive lineman Alan Branch joins five of his teammates who have said they would not make the trip to the White House. …Branch attended President Obama’s White House celebration with the Patriots for the 2014 Super Bowl win, SportingNews reported.\* Branch was willing meet with the black President, but not with the white President??? Looks as if Alan Branch is just another racist. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/3 "2017-02-10T15:41:54Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > …Looks as if Alan Branch is just another racist. Are you fucking dense or something? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/4 "2017-02-10T15:42:49Z")
True patriots! ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/5 "2017-02-10T15:48:11Z")
Didn’t Brady skip a few years ago to go exercise? And no, it’s not racism. I doubt they’d skip if Clinton was president. I’m sure it’s because Trump is a horrible person in every facet. I say good on them. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/6 "2017-02-10T15:48:52Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I assume that by next year the NFL will have instituted a rule requiring all members of the winning team to go. That would really surprise me. Players have been not going to the White House for years. They did it to Obama, and to Dubya, and to Clinton. They’re not likely to change the rule now for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/7 "2017-02-10T16:18:38Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > That would really surprise me. Players have been not going to the White House for years. They did it to Obama, and to Dubya, and to Clinton. They’re not likely to change the rule now for Trump. Tim Thomas (NHL Goalie - Boston Bruins) refused to attend the White House in 2012. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/8 "2017-02-10T16:30:16Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > From the OP’s linked article: > \*Defensive lineman Alan Branch joins five of his teammates who have said they would not make the trip to the White House. > > …Branch attended President Obama’s White House celebration with the Patriots for the 2014 Super Bowl win, SportingNews reported.\* > > Branch was willing meet with the black President, but not with the white President??? > > Looks as if Alan Branch is just another racist. > [@Leaffan](#): > > Are you fucking dense or something? I’m glad I’m not wearing a hat due to the amount of whoosh that just happened here ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/9 "2017-02-10T16:30:19Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I’m glad I’m not wearing a hat due to the amount of whoosh that just happened here Poe’s Law, man. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/10 "2017-02-10T16:38:31Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I’m glad I’m not wearing a hat due to the amount of whoosh that just happened here I should have caught that. :o ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/11 "2017-02-10T16:39:53Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I’m glad I’m not wearing a hat due to the amount of whoosh that just happened here > [@gnoitall](#): > > Poe’s Law, man. And knowing the poster. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/12 "2017-02-10T16:43:24Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Didn’t Brady skip a few years ago to go exercise? > > And no, it’s not racism. I doubt they’d skip if Clinton was president. I’m sure it’s because Trump is a horrible person in every facet. > > I say good on them. Name one decent, honorable liberal with compassion and tolerance for a viewpoint that differs from theirs. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/13 "2017-02-10T17:15:07Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > Name one decent, honorable liberal with compassion and tolerance for a viewpoint that differs from theirs. All of them? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/14 "2017-02-10T17:30:54Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > Name one decent, honorable liberal with compassion and tolerance for a viewpoint that differs from theirs. Nancy Varner. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/15 "2017-02-10T17:36:55Z")
I think they should go to the White House to yell at Trump. Cause a commotion. Call him a lying sack of shit. Give him the finger. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/16 "2017-02-10T17:51:36Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > Name one decent, honorable liberal with compassion and tolerance for a viewpoint that differs from theirs. Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/17 "2017-02-10T18:07:34Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Jesus. Shhhh. Don’t tell the fundies that he’s a liberal; it’ll make their heads explode in cognitive dissonance. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/18 "2017-02-10T18:36:30Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Are you fucking dense or something? Don’t insult others outside of the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/19 "2017-02-10T18:43:55Z")
Maybe these players are still upset about what Trump did to the USFL. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468/20 "2017-02-10T19:02:09Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Maybe these players are still upset about what Trump did to the USFL. Their gift can be a bag of small potatoes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-patriots-wont-go-to-white-house/779468.md?page=2)