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And the real reason these photo ops matter?
As Professor Gerald Gems put it:
“These all just become photo ops to enhance their favorability… supposedly invoking sport as non-political, although it’s been political for over 100 years.”
(📖 Source: Vox)
As Professor Gerald Gems put it:
“These all just become photo ops to enhance their favorability… supposedly invoking sport as non-political, although it’s been political for over 100 years.”
(📖 Source: Vox)
April 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
And the real reason these photo ops matter?
As Professor Gerald Gems put it:
“These all just become photo ops to enhance their favorability… supposedly invoking sport as non-political, although it’s been political for over 100 years.”
(📖 Source: Vox)
As Professor Gerald Gems put it:
“These all just become photo ops to enhance their favorability… supposedly invoking sport as non-political, although it’s been political for over 100 years.”
(📖 Source: Vox)
Political disagreements now drive half of all no-shows.
April 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Political disagreements now drive half of all no-shows.
By the 2010s, teams like the Eagles and Patriots started to skip — turning the once-automatic visit into a mirror of political division.
April 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
By the 2010s, teams like the Eagles and Patriots started to skip — turning the once-automatic visit into a mirror of political division.
Early on, everyone showed up.
Skipping the White House wasn’t even a thought. It was seen as honoring the office, not necessarily the man inside it.
Skipping the White House wasn’t even a thought. It was seen as honoring the office, not necessarily the man inside it.
April 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Early on, everyone showed up.
Skipping the White House wasn’t even a thought. It was seen as honoring the office, not necessarily the man inside it.
Skipping the White House wasn’t even a thought. It was seen as honoring the office, not necessarily the man inside it.
The tradition wasn’t formalized for NFL teams until the 1980s under Ronald Reagan.
Before then, visits were scattered, small, and barely newsworthy.
Before then, visits were scattered, small, and barely newsworthy.
April 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The tradition wasn’t formalized for NFL teams until the 1980s under Ronald Reagan.
Before then, visits were scattered, small, and barely newsworthy.
Before then, visits were scattered, small, and barely newsworthy.
The first sports team to visit the White House wasn’t a football team.
It was the Brooklyn Atlantics — a baseball powerhouse — who visited Andrew Johnson in 1865, fresh off the Civil War.
It was the Brooklyn Atlantics — a baseball powerhouse — who visited Andrew Johnson in 1865, fresh off the Civil War.
April 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The first sports team to visit the White House wasn’t a football team.
It was the Brooklyn Atlantics — a baseball powerhouse — who visited Andrew Johnson in 1865, fresh off the Civil War.
It was the Brooklyn Atlantics — a baseball powerhouse — who visited Andrew Johnson in 1865, fresh off the Civil War.