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The NHL champion Florida Panthers recently paid a visit to Donald at the White House.

With all the political turmoil going on between the US and Canada, if you were a team

member of the Panthers, would you have participated in the visit?

Jake Lapierre -Conditioning Coach - Of all team sports played around the world, the Stanley Cup can
be classified as the most gruelling, arduous championship trophy to win. The Panthers, the players and the

organization, should be recognized for their achievements and their achievements celebrated with the fans,
city, or country they represent.

Jim Riddell - Seaway Karate Club - The tradition of having amateur championship teams visit the White House
and meet the President started back in 1865. The first professional team to visit was in 1924 when the World Series
Champion Washington Senators met with Calvin Coolidge. The NBA Championship teams started receiving invitations
in 1963, followed by the NFL in 1980 and the NHL in 1983. The second Donald Trump tenure is only starting, but
the first which began in January of 2017 had several incidents. The Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots

had approximately half of the team, including QB Tom Brady, refuse to attend. The following year, when all but a few Philadelphia
Eagles players declined, the invitation was rescinded. As for the Canadian members of the Florida Panthers, as a representative
of the Stanley Cup winning team, it would be best to take the high road and attend, no matter what your personal feelings of the
current President may be. However, if any Panthers’ player from any country declined the invite, I would fully respect that decision.

Peter Collins - Sports Enthusiast - Despite the incredible opportunity to visit a place as hallowed as the White House,
my answer would have to be an affirmative no. Quite simply, although many Americans and quite a few Canadians
support the antics of the Donald, I don’t think I could get past his policies and enjoy the visit. I guess it might not even

be his policies, but more the way he accepts and enables the prejudicial treatment of people by himself and many of
his followers. There have been many incidents in the past few years that would be enough, on their own, to eliminate
my interest in visiting Washington. January 6th, the lawsuits, the right to choose, the misogyny, the election fraud claims, I could go
on and on. No doubt the press has enhanced and amplified some of these issues, but the final nail for me would be the words that
Trump himself spews. My advice to Trump would be to keep the word Canada out of his mouth. The thought of Canada becoming
the fifty-first state, as he has been promoting lately, makes me feel sick inside. I wouldn’t want to change our identity, be stuck with
the US’s ridiculous gun laws, corrupt politicians etc. etc. I prefer to stay in the true north, strong and free, as a Canadian!