Philadelphia’s head coach spoke to the press this morning in what would have been a normal press conference, but as you’d expect he was asked about the controversy with the White House by several reporters. He made one thing very clear, he didn’t want to talk about it.
It is what it is…
MOMENTS AGO: Philadelphia Eagles' coach Doug Pederson is talking to the press for the first time since the team was "disinvited" from a White House event https://t.co/PGWidvZ7r7 pic.twitter.com/734ruzh3kx
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 6, 2018
I’m not discussing it. It’s over…
"I'm not discussing it. It's over. What you have seen and what you heard is enough," Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson says https://t.co/PGWidvZ7r7 pic.twitter.com/vwpoJ5l7Hb
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 6, 2018
Our fans are with us…
“Why was it canceled? Probably because we didn't go. I mean, we could have, but … we wanted to get work in and got our work done,” Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson says of White House meeting https://t.co/PGWidvZ7r7 pic.twitter.com/mqFG8KX5Y0
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 6, 2018
That pretty much sums up the most he said about it and I wouldn’t expect anymore from the organization, unless their lefty owner decides to cry about it.