NFL Player Cancels Charity Event At Trump Golf Course After Backlash
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NFL player Jordan Poyer was hosting a charity golf event at Trump National Doral in Florida.
The money was going to the ECMC Foundation, “a nationally-focused foundation working to improve higher education for career success among underserved populations through evidence-based innovation”
It has now been canceled because of backlash.
The NFL’s Jordan Poyer, strong safety for the Buffalo Bills, has now canceled his charity golf event in the face of backlash over it being held at Trump National Doral in Florida.
The Jordan Poyer Celebrity Tournament had been scheduled for July 10 and aimed to raise money for the ECMC Foundation, “a nationally-focused foundation working to improve higher education for career success among underserved populations through evidence-based innovation,” according to its website.
Poyer confirmed that it was canceled and said that some people let their egos get in the way of them “being a good human being.”
Poyer said in an Instagram video that the ECMC Foundation was a “huge sponsor” of the event and took part in it last year. He also said some golfers withdrew from the event as well. Poyer lamented egos getting in the way of “being a good human being.”
“They decided they didn’t want to take part in my tournament in which they took part in last year because of where it’s at, at Trump National Doral in South Florida,” Poyer said. “ECMC decided they can no longer take the pressure from up top, from the people above them, and it probably has nothing to do with ECMC at all.”
“I’m really thankful and blessed to have worked with the people that I have worked with at ECMC in the past two years. … I’m not naive. I understand where they are on the political spectrum, where New York is on the political spectrum. Do I agree with a lot of it? No, I don’t. I’m sorry, but I don’t. … I say the quiet part out loud a lot and some of you don’t like that. My bad. I still went and put my ego aside and went to go help those who needed help or needed a laugh.”
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