The list of Patriots player that will not attend the White House keeps on growing as six players have said they will not attend the trip. Tight end Martellus Bennett, safety Devin McCourty, linebacker Dont’a Hightower, running back LeGarrette Blount, defensive end Chris Long and defensive tackle Alan Branch have all publicly said they will not be attending the celebration.
But this does not matter to Tom Brady as he spoke with “PFT Live” on Tuesday afternoon, where he talked about players skipping the trip and why he missed the trip two years ago.
“Everybody has their own choice,” Brady said. “There’s certain years, like a couple years ago, I wanted to go, and then didn’t get the opportunity based on the scheduling. We didn’t get told until 10 days before we were going and at that point I had something that I had been planning for months.”
“Putting politics aside it never really was a political thing – at least it never was for me,” he added. “It was just always something that was a privilege to be able to do because it really meant you won a championship and you got to experience something cool with your team and your teammates.”
“Everyone has their own choice,” Brady said. “It’s an offseason and these days are valuable for everybody. You only get so much time with your family and friends. If people don’t wanna go, they don’t wanna go, and that’s their choice.”
With the bar set at 12 players missing the trip would you take the under or the over?
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