Dolphins Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa Says Sitting On Trump’s Sports Council Will Be ‘an Honor’

Miami Dolphins backmost Tua Tagovailoa has spoken of his pridefulness astatine being named to Donald Trump’s assembly connected sports, fitness, and nutrition.

Tagovailoa joins 2 different existent NFL stars connected nan council, Nick Bosa and Harrison Butker, who have been backers of Trump’s Maga movement. While Tagovailoa has not publically expressed his support for nan president, who erstwhile described NFL players who knelt for nan nationalist anthem as “sons of bitches”, he said he was happy to align himself pinch Trump.

“I deliberation it’s beautiful cool – it’s an honor, [to service connected nan council]” Tagovailoa said connected Wednesday. “I don’t cognize excessively overmuch astir it, but it’s an honor.”

Trump has revitalized nan assembly nether an executive bid that will besides being backmost nan statesmanlike fittingness trial for American children, which was phased retired during nan Obama administration.

Tagovailoa said he did not cognize why he had been named to nan council. When Trump announced nan council’s members he mispronounced Tagovailoa’s name. On Wednesday. nan backmost laughed disconnected nan president’s error.

“I don’t deliberation he’s had nan worst – I heard a mates worse astatine Alabama,” said Tagovailoa. “It is what it is, I don’t return that to heart.”

Earlier this week, Philadelphia Eagles moving backmost Saquon Barkley said he had declined his invitation to beryllium connected nan council.

“A mates months ago, it was brought to my squad astir nan council,” Barkley told reporters aft Monday’s Eagles believe session. “So I’m not really excessively acquainted pinch it. I felt for illustration that I americium going to beryllium ace busy. Me and my family thought it would astir apt beryllium of champion liking to not judge that. I was decidedly a small shocked erstwhile my sanction was mentioned. I’m assuming it’s thing great, truthful I admit it but was a small shocked erstwhile my sanction was mentioned.”

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will besides beryllium a personnel of nan council.