<div><p>It is tradition that the team who wins the Superbowl each year visits the White House and meets the president. </p><p>This year, the New England Patriots were crowned the champions, lead by quarterback Tom Brady. </p><p>President Trump bragged about his friendship with Brady throughout his entire campaign, so when the Pats won he was obviously excited. </p><p>However, many of Brady's teammates will not be attending the White House because of their political beliefs. </p><p>Devin McCourty, LeGarrette Blount, Alan Branch, Dont'a Hightower, Chris Long and Martellus Bennett have said they won't be attending. All but Hightower have cited their reasons as political. </p><p>However, Tom Brady also announced today that he will not be attending the White House victory visit. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/150916134219-tom-brady-donald-trump-golf-exlarge-169.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/150916134219-tom-brady-donald-trump-golf-exlarge-169_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/150916134219-tom-brady-donald-trump-golf-exlarge-169_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/150916134219-tom-brady-donald-trump-golf-exlarge-169_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>CNN</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Brady will be missing the visit due to a "personal family matter" as announced by Mike Reiss, ESPN reporter. </p><div><amp-twitter height="472" width="375" layout="responsive" data-tweetid="854689420590690305"></amp-twitter></div><p>Tom Brady's mom has been ill for some time, so it's possible that's the family matter he's referring to. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/featured_5_3.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/featured_5_3_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/featured_5_3_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/featured_5_3_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/featured_5_3_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Hello! US</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>In an instance of poor timing, the White House visit (which is today) will happen just hours after it was announced that ex-Patriots player Aaron Hernandez committed suicide in his jail cell the same morning. </p><p>It's unclear as to when this decision was made, but we're sure President Trump will have something to say about his good friend Tom Brady not being in attendance. </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div>