washington super bowl champions the tampa bay buccaneers and their iconic leader tom brady got an invitation monday to the white house though its far from certain when theyll be able to come or if theyll acceptwe look forward to inviting the buccaneers as well as the 2020 nba champions the lakers to the white house president joe bidens press secretary jen psaki told reportershowever she added a big caveat the visit will be when it is covidsafe but i dont know when that will take place yetbiden took office last month after defeating donald trump with a campaign that rested heavily on his promise to bring new seriousness to fighting the covid19 pandemic including restrictions on public gatherings and travelcurbs on a large group of nfl players coming up from tampa bay florida arent the only one reason the long traditional invite for champion sports teams to 1600 pennsylvania avenue is up in the airwhite house visits became political minefields for high profile sports teams in the era of trump who has been friendly with brady for yearsthe kansas city chiefs losers to the buccaneers this sunday were no shows after being invited by trump to washington on winning last years championshipthe philadelphia eagles were disinvited by trump in 2018 over antiracism protests by players who knelt during the playing of the national anthemand the new england patriots who won multiple super bowls with brady before he switched to the buccaneers didnt make the trip in 2019brady who at 43 years old has shattered just about every possible nfl record has courted controversy for his connections to trumpa red trump campaign hat inscribed make american great again was photographed sitting prominently in bradys locker in 2015 when the new york real estate tycoon was running for presidentbrady subsequently sought to distance himself from political support for trump but has said they are friends and often golfed together