The Kansas City Chiefs should be having a celebratory offseason. As the back-to-back Super Bowl Champions, the discussions surrounding them should be about their quest to be the first team in NFL history to win three-straight Super Bowl titles. However, that has not been the case.
Wide receiver Rashee Rice was involved in a high-speed car accident in which he was allegedly driving 119 miles per hour. What’s worse, he left the scene of the accident before police arrived. He is now facing multiple felony charges and two civil lawsuits in relation to the incident.
Kicker Harrison Butker made waves a few weeks ago with his controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College. The traditional Catholic kicker made comments that many found to be offensive to women, the LGBTQ+ community, and Jewish people.
Most recently, defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs was arrested and charged on counts of animal cruelty.
The Kansas City Chiefs Visit President Joe Biden at the White House
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Hopefully, the various issues that Chiefs players are facing off of the field will not be a distraction for the them as they start to set their sights on a third-consecutive Super Bowl win. With OTA’s underway, players should have very little time, at least for this month, to find ways to be a distraction.
As the team is all together for these activities, the Chiefs undertook the annual Super Bowl Champion visit to the White House. The date for this visit was set in stone months ago and could not have come at a better time for a team desperately in need of better press.
As an aside, Butker was included in the invitation, even after some of his comments made during his speech directly criticized President Biden for not being a good Catholic himself.
Kansas City Chiefs Star Travis Kelce Shares a Hilarious Moment with President Joe Biden at the Podium
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Last year, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce went viral on social media when he snuck up to the Presidential podium when no one was standing at it. Secret service agents quickly swarmed and guided him back to his place on the back of the stage with the rest of the team.
Kelce referenced the event when President Biden invited him to the podium on Friday:
And of course Travis Kelce has a message for President Biden: https://t.co/TYF8k8XPD0 pic.twitter.com/MaEhQXY7Jw
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 1, 2024
“My fellow Americans, it’s nice to see you all again,” Kelce began as the team laughed behind him. “But I’m not going to lie, President Biden. They told me if I come up here I’m going to get tased, so I’m going to go back to my spot.”
Biden then shook Kelce’s hand as the tight end returned to his place with the team. No tasers were involved.
Kelce and the Chiefs gifted the President a helmet in commemoration of their visit. Usually teams give the President a jersey, but they already had given him one of those last year.
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