Reports are swirling that the Philadelphia Eagles will decline a visit to the White House following their Super Bowl win, but it’s important to distinguish fact from fiction.
The Eagles have not rejected a White House visit, despite rumors
Are the Eagles actually skipping a White House visit? It’s complicated.
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James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
As it stands the Eagles have not made an official comment about visiting the White House, nor has President Trump extended an invitation at this time. NFL teams typically make their official visits over the summer, but reports emerge about invites in mid-February, which means we are behind the normal timeline for these kind of arrangements.
That could mean that the White House is planning to end the tradition of inviting championship teams, or they’re currently too busy dealing with [looks around at everything] to focus on the winner of the Lombardi Trophy.
There is one current report indicating that the Eagles are rejecting the invite, and that has been regurgitated everywhere. It comes from The Sun, which it should be noted is precisely as reliable an outlet as using a pigeon to get a first-hand report on the power of jet engines. This is the only report with a stunning amount of inside information from team officials, players, and comes from a British writer who began covering the NFL in January of 2023.
A lack of experience inside the NFL isn’t necessarily a red flag, but having a scoop this big on a specific team is — when writers spend years cultivating relationships to get a story like this. If nobody in Philadelphia is talking about it, and none of the national NFL insiders have it — then maybe it’s worth taking this with a grain a salt.
Especially when the same “insider” also has “exclusives” that range from Kanye West’s business ventures, to NFL discussions over the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show, to intimate details about Travis Kelce’s proposal plans for Taylor Swift.
It’s a tabloid. Plain a simple, and one with a reputation for having dozens of lawsuits filed against it for false reports, including notably from Prince Harry in which the tabloid needed to pay the prince substantial damages.
Insofar as the celebration of the Super Bowl goes: It’s simply an unknown at this point. The last time the Eagles won a small contingency of players RSVP’d, with many choosing not to make the trip — leading to Trump cancelling the visit. It’s entirely more likely that an invitation simply wouldn’t be extended this time around, rather than risk being rejected again.
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