Trump cancelled the Philadelphia Eagles’ White House visit because his ego is hurt.

The Eagles were scheduled to participate in the annual tradition after winning the Super Bowl this past February. Several prominent players said they would not attend the ceremony.

And Trump took to Twitter with this message:

Trump has repeatedly ridiculed athletes who do not stand for the national anthem, calling for them to be fired, suggesting they don’t deserve to be in this country and during a rally in Alabama in 2017 said, “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a b*tch off the field right now! Out! He’s fired. He’s fired!'”

More recently, the NFL announced a new policy in regards to players protesting injustice while on the field. The policy requires players and personnel to stand if they are on the field during the performance of the national anthem. As addressed in Trumps’ tweet, the policy gives players and personnel the option to stay off the field if they choose not to stand.  The policy also states that the league will fine a club “if its personnel are on the field and do not stand and show respect for the flag and the anthem.

The language of the policy is misleading. To say, “stand and show respect,” implies that not standing is disrespectful. If not standing is disrespectful then what else is considered disrespectful? Is taking pictures with your friends during the national anthem disrespectful? Is ordering a beer during the national anthem disrespectful?

Furthermore, who is deciding what constitutes being respectful?

Between Trump’s statements and the white flag the NFL just threw out with this new anthem policy, it appears that Donald Trump is deciding what is respectful and what is not. In another tweet from Trump on Tuesday, “NFL, no escaping to Locker Rooms!,” it is clear that unless the NFL will blindly agree with him, they can never win.

LaVar Ball, father of Los Angeles Lakers rookie point guard Lonzo Ball, has made headlines yet again.

While in Lithuania with his two youngest sons, LaVar sat down for an interview with ESPN’s Jeff Goodman  and criticized Lakers head coach, Luke Walton.

“Guys look like they don’t want to play but, that’s what I said, they probably want to play for him as hard as they can but, it’s going on what I see,” said Ball.

Ball’s middle son, LiAngelo, was suspended indefinitely by UCLA for his legal trouble in China so, LaVar pulled him from the University entirely. LaVar also pulled his youngest son, LaMelo, from Chino Hills citing issues with the new direction of the basketball program.  Both boys signed deals at the end of 2017 to play for the Lithuanian basketball team Prienu Vytautas.

Back stateside, players and coaches around the league have come to Walton’s defense.

Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma said, “it’s just a lot of white noise, in a sense. Luke is my guy, you know, I love playing for him. Sure most of us love playing for him too.”

Golden State Warriors coach and friend of Luke Walton, Steve Kerr said that LaVar Ball has become the “Kardashian of the NBA.”

Kerr expressed feeling horrible for Luke saying, “I’ve never had to talk to a parent who’s upset about playing time. I’m sure there are plenty out there, but they don’t have a voice in the NBA. But for whatever reason, we’re giving this guy a voice and Luke’s got to deal with it. It’s a shame.”

Undoubtedly, LaVar Ball waging war against Luke Walton puts Lonzo Ball between a rock and a hard place but, the rookie point guard aimed to give the media a neutral answer.

“I’ll play for anybody,” said Lonzo to Tania Ganguli of the Los Angeles Times. “My job is to play basketball. I don’t decide who coaches.”

The Lakers organization did not immediately respond to the suggestion that Luke Walton had “lost the locker room,” but Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and Lakers team president Magic Johnson later tweeted their individual support for coach Luke Walton.

The Lakers previously met with the Ball patriarch in an effort to get him to temper his criticism, but if this recent criticism confirms anything about LaVar Ball; he is strong in his opinions and insistent that those opinions are heard.