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Remember Harrison Butker\u2019s commencement speech heard around the world? <\/p>\n

Back in May of 2024, the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 kicker delivered a commencement address at Benedictine, a Catholic college, praising very traditional ideas about marriage, family and motherhood.<\/p>\n

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Once it hit X, the speech set off a firestorm \u2014 particularly within sports media, with many blasting his words as sexist and anti-gay.<\/p>\n

Shortly after, his teammates Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes were asked about the controversy. Both offered refreshing answers, essentially saying that, while they didn\u2019t agree with parts of the speech, they respected Butker as a man and a teammate.<\/p>\n

After years of stifling groupthink in the sports world, it felt like a much needed return to normalcy \u2014 an acknowledgement that people\u2019s political opinions don\u2019t dictate their character. And while teammates may be in lockstep on the field, the locker room is a place with diverse viewpoints.<\/p>\n

It was, however, a fleeting moment of sanity. <\/p>\n

In February, the gold-medal-winning US men\u2019s hockey team was excoriated for daring to take a call and accept a White House invite from President Trump.<\/p>\n

And last Friday, Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart stepped into the progressive media wood chipper when he introduced Trump at a New York State rally \u2014\u00a0saying, \u201cWhat an honor, what a privilege it is to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pretty standard stuff. But people went absolutely nuts over it.<\/p>\n

Fellow Giant Abdul Carter even violated an unwritten rule in team sports: He took his gripe public, writing on X that he \u201cthought this sh!t was AI\u201d and questioned \u201cwhat we doing man.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Carter later deleted that and said he and his signal caller were good: \u201cWe spoke earlier as men. Y\u2019all can keep y\u2019all narratives.\u201d<\/p>\n

But that wasn\u2019t enough for \u2014\u00a0checks notes \u2014\u00a0Sunny Hostin, who ranted about it on the \u201cThe View,\u201d saying Dart\u2019s simple introduction \u201cfeels personal\u201d because well, to her, everything is<\/em> about her.<\/p>\n

Her white co-host Joy Behar, who might not realize that Dart has been part of racially diverse rosters for years, called his Trump association \u201cthe definition of stupidity and racism\u201d because he plays with a majority of black athletes.<\/p>\n

Have these women watched a down of football, ever? <\/p>\n

Like raccoons raiding a trash can, people went through Dart\u2019s social media likes and found, to the shock of no one, that a Mormon kid who played at Ole Miss follows President Trump on Instagram and even liked a few of his posts.<\/p>\n

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Most hurt was Dan Le Batard, who wanted Dart to suffer for not subscribing to his personal set of beliefs \u2014\u00a0you know, the only ones allowed. The podcast host urged the New York media to put the screws to Dart.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want him put in a position [by the New York media] to sound educated or uneducated with the decision,\u201d he said. \u201cHe deserves to be made uncomfortable if he\u2019s going to support this particular presidency during a deeply uncomfortable time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Le Batard talks a tough game, yet, when he was the first person to interviewDoug Emhoff after Kamala Harris\u2019 husband was accused by an ex- girlfriend of slapping her, he didn\u2019t even broach the subject. (Emhoff previously denied the accusation through a spokesperson.)<\/p>\n

He also admitted he didn\u2019t want to give \u201coxygen\u201d to the biggest offseason story in the NFL: the Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini controversy. He felt \u201cuncomfortable\u201d because Russini is a friend.<\/p>\n

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La Batard wants everyone he agrees with to be cool and comfy. But those who dare like Trump should be sent to a social gulag for re-education until they embrace the approved political messaging. Ideological purity must be achieved.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not enamored with athletes or celebs lecturing us regular schlubs on politics. However, Dart simply introduced the president. No lectures, no talking down to. It felt no different than when Giants rookie Francis \u201cSisi\u201d Mauigoa declared in a video that, if he could have any celebrity his first NFL game, he\u2019d choose Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

But there continues to be a disturbing disconnect between some in the media and the real world. They cannot possibly conceive that someone could hold different views; they cannot fathom that they are the problem.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in a Giants meeting today, the team reportedly agreed to keep any strife in house from here on out. \u00a0<\/p>\n

And Dart? He doesn\u2019t need to study the world according to Le Batard. He needs to study the playbook and win.<\/p>\n

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