In the never ending modern news cycle, the things that don’t happen often don’t get noticed. Case in point — the Seahawks haven’t, and apparently won’t be, visiting the White House in recognition of their win in Super Bowl LX.
There has been no announcement, by the team or by the White House. But with the offseason program over and the players scattered until training camp opens, the natural window has closed on the team from Seattle, Washington to go to Washington, D.C..
In the days after the Super Bowl, a question emerged as to whether the Seahawks would go. At the time, the team said nothing had been offered or decided. At the Scouting Combine, coach Mike Macdonald said that the team has yet to get an invitation and that, if one comes, they’ll address it.
“We’re going to get an invite, right?” Macdonald said at the time. “That’s how it works? Not really sure how it works.”
Since then, there has been no indication that an invitation was extended, or that it was rejected. The non-war war in Iran likely was a factor, but the White House has generally continued to take care of its usual public business (including a visit by the NCAA football champions, the Indiana Hoosiers).
When the Seahawks won the Super Bowl to cap the 2013 season, they visited the White House on May 21.
It’s possible that, this time around, backchannel discussions regarding, for instance, the number of players who would attend the event, resulted in no invitation being extended. It’s also possible that the White House wanted to avoid the indignity of having an invitation rejected (or sparsely attended) and the Seahawks didn’t want to be the subject of a 3:00 a.m. social-media barrage, which also would have included a longwinded complaint about the kickoff formation.
But there’s still time. The Seahawks play the Commanders at FedEx Field on Sunday, September 27. So they’ll be in the area. Whether they’ll want to take a look in the rearview mirror after playing two games in the 2026 regular season remains to be seen.
If they get invited. And if they accept.
