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While nan Jaxson Dart-Abdul Carter sermon has tally wild, Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann was unconcerned astir nan effect it could person connected nan locker room.
Dart introduced President Donald Trump before his reside successful Suffern, New York, connected Friday, and New York Giants teammate Abdul Carter took rumor pinch it. Theismann said that while players successful a locker room person different opinions, nan attraction is connected football, and that nan Dart-Carter sermon won’t person immoderate effect.
"It doesn't (have immoderate effect). It's going to beryllium it's going to beryllium football. I mean, authorities is 1 point and sports is another, and we're starting to spot them transverse over. People person different opinions of a batch of different things successful a locker room," Theismann told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.
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Former NFL subordinate Joe Theismann talks pinch sportscaster Chris Collinsworth earlier nan crippled betwixt nan Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders astatine Northwest Stadium successful Landover, Md., connected Nov. 2, 2025. (Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
"A locker room is for illustration a elephantine family. It's not 53 guys, it’s 80 guys because you’ve sewage believe squad people, you've sewage group successful and out. So, everybody has a batch of different opinions. I deliberation erstwhile it comes to football, guys attraction connected football."
While Dart and Carter look to person different governmental opinions, they appeared to squash immoderate imaginable rift erstwhile Carter posted to X successful a since-deleted tweet that they were "good."
"Me and JD6 are good! We said earlier arsenic Men," Carter wrote. "Y'all tin support y'all narratives."
Dart, 23, set nan shape for Trump’s reside pinch a chant earlier welcoming nan president onto nan stage.
"Big Blue Nation, it’s a pleasance to beryllium here. I sewage to commencement this disconnected pinch a ‘Go Big Blue,’" Dart said, and past led nan chant for a fewer moments earlier proceeding to present Trump.
"What an honor, what a privilege it is to beryllium here, and without further ado, I’m grateful, I’m honored, I'm pleasured to present nan 45th and 47th president of nan United States America, President Donald J. Trump."
Trump and Dart past shook hands connected nan shape earlier nan 23-year-old departed.
ABDUL CARTER DELETES CRITICISM OF TEAMMATE JAXSON DART EVEN AS NEW YORK RADIO HOST SHREDS HIM ON AIR
(Left) New York Giants backmost Jaxson Dart (6) practices earlier nan crippled against nan Minnesota Vikings astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, connected Dec. 21, 2025. (Right) Abdul Carter (51) of nan New York Giants looks connected from nan section anterior to an NFL shot crippled against nan Philadelphia Eagles astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, connected Oct. 9, 2025. (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images;Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
Carter began nan firestorm by reposting a video of Dart introducing Trump connected X and captioning nan tweet, "Thought this s--- was AI, what we doing man." He has since deleted nan tweet.
The sermon complete Carter’s repost of Dart’s quality pinch Trump was rampant connected societal media. Theismann called societal media arsenic 1 of nan worst point to hap to athletics.
"If you for illustration somebody, you for illustration somebody. If you don't for illustration somebody, you don't for illustration somebody. Probably nan worst point that's happened to athletics to a grade is societal media. We've seen a batch of group conscionable get cooked by it. I deliberation everybody's entitled to their ain opinion, but I don't spot it affecting a locker room," Theismann said.
Theismann played successful nan NFL for 12 seasons, spending each of them pinch nan then-Washington Redskins. He said that authorities were ne'er brought up successful nan locker room.
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President Donald Trump shakes hands pinch New York Giants backmost Jaxson Dart arsenic he arrives to speak astatine Rockland Community College successful Suffern, N.Y., connected May 22, 2026. (Alex Brandon/AP)
"Never. We talked astir family. We talked astir football. We talked astir nan force coming up. I can't ever callback a speech wherever we sat down and talked astir thing successful politics. I really can't. And it was it was benignant of a safe haven for I deliberation a batch of america to beryllium capable to get distant from, you know, particularly successful Washington, D.C.," Theismann said.
"You're successful nan heartland of each nan governmental elements of life and it was a spot wherever it was safe to go."
In nan locker room, Theismann said you interact pinch truthful galore different kinds of group who person different opinions connected life, yet they ne'er talked astir politics. The 1983 MVP victor said that it was a different clip then, and group are much delicate now.
"It was a different clip and I deliberation guys are delicate now. They get caught up successful nan sensitivity of life and sometimes. It's bully to benignant of return a measurement backmost and conscionable fto life beryllium and not get effort and get excessively worked up complete it," Theismann said.
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NFL backmost Jaxson Dart hugs President Donald Trump during a Fighting For American Workers arena successful Suffern, N.Y., connected May 22, 2026. (Ryan Murphy/AP)
American Century Championship
This will beryllium nan 37th American Century Championship, and Joe Theismann has played successful 36 of them. He said he utilized to beryllium a 2-handicap, but is now a nine, arsenic he doesn’t deed nan shot arsenic far. He will look to move backmost nan timepiece erstwhile he plays successful nan tourney from July 10-12 astatine Edgewood Golf Course successful Lake Tahoe.
He said nan American Century Championship is nan lone point that you really want to participate in.
"The American Century Championship has evolved to 1 of those things that if you emotion golf astatine each and you hap to beryllium successful that quote-unquote personage world, it's nan point you really want to participate in. You get to measurement your game. You get to propulsion backmost nan curtain connected truthful galore awesome group and you get to spot those that you watch connected TV because I'm a instrumentality of everything. But now you get a chance to spot them up adjacent and individual and you get a chance to meet them and get to cognize them and it's exciting," Theismann said.
The 76-year-old said he gets to sojourn group connected nan range. He mentioned Jerry Rice, Tony Romo, and Miles Teller arsenic group he has had conversations with, calling himself a ‘fanboy’ of Teller’s.
Theismann said "Top Gun: Maverick" is his favourite movie of each time.
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Former Notre Dame backmost Joe Theismann waves to nan crowd during a assemblage shot crippled betwixt Notre Dame and Stanford astatine Notre Dame Stadium successful South Bend connected Oct. 12, 2024. (MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
The tourney has raised much than $8 cardinal for location and nationalist charities. American Century Investments donates 40% of its profits to nan Stowers Institute for Medical Research and activates fundraising astatine nan tourney to thrust nonstop donations to Stowers each year. Theismann credited CEO Jonathan Thomas for nan tournament’s charitable work.
Theismann credited CEO Jonathan Thomas for nan tournament’s charitable work.
The tourney will beryllium broadcast connected NBC and Peacock.
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