By Dan Calabrese ——Bio and Archives--January 31, 2017
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When asked about President Trump and his controversial action on immigration, players from each team punted. “Well, I’ve been doing a lot of reading on it and I don’t think it really matters what I think,’’ said Nate Solder, an offensive tackle for the Patriots who was referring to Trump’s executive order that severely restricts immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries. “I think that there are a lot of tough things going on in our world right now that are a lot tougher than football, but I am still a football player so I stay focused on what I can control.’’ Dwight Freeney, a defensive end for the Falcons, pleaded ignorance. “You have to follow it to know it,’’ he said of Trump’s executive order that also temporarily halts U.S. refugee programs. “I don’t know enough about it and I haven’t followed it enough to know.
“I do know that, yeah, there’s some things that I wish wasn’t happening and I wish those families weren’t being separated and all that. But that’s all I can really answer on that question because I don’t know the facts and I really haven’t dug deep in those types of things.’’So let me see if I have this straight: Sportswriters for USA Today go up to football players and ask them their positions on a political issue. Football players say they don't really want to talk about it and don't see why it matters what they think. USA Today then takes this gigantic nothingburger and writes a story about it anyway? Kudos the players for not falling into this trap. No matter how they answer it, the media will use it to further its own agenda. If the players denounce Trump, the story is easy: Super Bowl participants denounce Trump!
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