The University of Georgia said the national championship team will be unable to attend because of a scheduling conflict.
The Georgia Bulldogs football team will not visit the White House to celebrate their national championship. "The University of Georgia first received on May 3 an invitation for the Bulldog football team to visit the White House on June 12," the University of Georgia Athletic Association said in a statement."Unfortunately, the date suggested is not feasible given the student-athlete calendar and time of year.
Georgia won its second-straight national championship in January after defeating TCU in the title game 65-7.Georgia was not the only national championship team to be invited to the White House this year. The president also invited the Louisiana State University women's basketball team and the University of Connecticut men's basketball team. LSU's visit was up in the air for awhile.
The first lady, who attended the women's championship game, said she was going to ask the president to invite LSU and Iowa because"they played such a good game." LSU star player Angel Reese called the remarks"a joke" because losing teams don't usually get an invitation to meet the president. SEE MORE: Jill Biden's White House invite to losing team Iowa sparks race debate
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