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N.C. A&T football team didn’t get White House invitation

so there’s nothing to decline, according to the school

John X. Miller @xman1955
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    11:33 AMContrary to what the internet said in a Thursday night Instagram post, the North Carolina A&T football team didn’t turn down an invitation to visit the White House.

    The school and the team never got an invitation to turn down in the first place.

    “I am not aware of an official invite from the White House to the football team,” according to N.C. A&T sports information director Brian Holloway.

    Just-retired football coach Rod Broadway also told The Undefeated that he knows nothing of an invitation and has nothing further to say on the matter.

    S0me folks might have thought an invitation was issued after the undefeated Aggies’ 12-0 season and Celebration Bowl win over Grambling State in December.

    In November, 18 different NCAA championship teams visited the White House. Both the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball champions, the North Carolina men’s team and South Carolina’s women’s squad, declined.

    John X. Miller is the senior HBCU editor for Andscape. He's a father, jazz aficionado and die-hard UNC basketball fan.