New England Patriots football coach Bill Belichick said he no longer plans to go to Washington to accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Donald Trump after last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol, which he called “tragic.”
In a statement Monday, Belichick said that, although he had been “flattered” to receive the honor, “the tragic events of last week” led him to “not move forward with the award.”
“Above all, I am an American citizen with great reverence for our nation’s values, freedom and democracy,” Belichick wrote, adding that one of the “most rewarding” moments of his career had been last year’s “conversations about social justice” with his football team.
“Continuing those efforts while remaining true to the people, team and country I love outweigh the benefits of any individual award.”
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Smart man! A shame that Rush Limbaugh’s well-deserved legacy will be sullied because of receiving this Medal from the deranged lunatic.
Sorry to say that you are the deranged lunatic
Various bogus media outlets have reported this story with a slight difference. For instance, “The Mock Times” reported as follows:
In a statement Monday, Belichick said that, although he had been “flattered” to receive the honor (Medal Of Freedom), “the tragic revelations of the various cheating schemes that I have pulled off throughout my tenure as New England coach, have led me to believe that I don’t deserve this distinguished award. And therefore, I have decided not to move forward with the award.”
“Above all, I am an American citizen with great awareness for our nation’s values, honesty, integrity and sportsmanship” Belichick wrote, adding that some of the “most tragic” moments of his career have been his “conversations about planning out cheating schemes” with his football team.
“Pondering on those efforts to deceive,” Belichick added, “while remaining dishonest to the people and country I love, outweigh the benefits of any undeserved awards.”
Don’t forget, this overweight cheater has a boss, Robert Kraft, who was caught. Both of these balloons are lowlife drek.
Belichick graduated from my high school.
Really? How can that be? How old are you?
He didn’t say they graduated the same year. He said they went to the same high school.
“Bill Belichick said he no longer plans to go to Washington to accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Donald Trump” because he might already be in Gitmo.
The fact that the NFL is an extremely “woke” league with all kinds of social justice signs, banners and BLM support prominently displayed, kneeling for the national anthem is viewed as righteous, about 70% of the players are minorities, and President Trump has openly fought with the anthem kneelers, calling them vulgar names, has nothing to do with virtuous Coach Belicheat’s virtuous rejection of the Meal of Freedom.
Thank you. Very well said +1
Soup anyone?