Obama to Nnamdi: 'Tell Vick to slide'
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Obama to Nnamdi: 'Tell Vick to slide'
Jeff McLane, Inquirer Staff Writer
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- President Obama apparently feels the same way many Eagles fans feel when they see Michael Vick scrambling down field without a fear in the world.
Nnamdi Asomugha spoke at an event for Obama on Monday in Oakland in which he introduced the President. They spoke afterward about football, according to the Eagles cornerback, and the leader of the free world had some advice for the leader of the Eagles.
"He did," Asomugha said Wednesday after he reported to Lehigh University for the start of training camp. "He told me to tell Vick to slide."
Really?
"Promise," Asomugha said. "We talked about football for about three or four minutes and the one thing that stuck out, 'Tell Vick to slide.' He's a big fan."
Vick responded to Obama's request on Twitter.
"If the President of the U.S. is saying I need to slide then I really need to start sliding. lol. Thanks Mr. President!," Vick wrote.
Asomugha has said before that he's met Obama before. The 31-year old also considers former President Bill Clinton a confidant. Asomugha has attended the Clinton Global Initiative University in Austin, Tex. since 2009 to discuss the importance of global service and student activism.
The worldly cornerback, who has many interests outside of football, said he also visited London and Toyko this offseason. Monday's event in Oakland was for Obama, Asomugha said.
"I was able to get everybody excited," Asomugha said about introducing Obama. "That was a big moment. It's been an interesting summer."
Next on will be the first one for Vick.— dmanphilly
- I love when the President talks about anything besides running the country because of the uproar it causes from anyone who dislikes him. Then they throw out how many vacation days / rounds of golf / days off. The best part is, it doesn't even have anything to do with who is in office. They say it about Obama, said it about Bush, said it about Clinton, etc etc.— ThatsAViolation
- Obama is wrong on how to fix the economy (well technically I guess if you don't have the first clue what to do you can't be wrong, just clueless, let's give out food stamps and "inject" that money into the economy! I mean wow is Obama, a career politician, dumb) and he is also wrong about this, what makes Vick great (a 65% carrer win percentage) is his aggressive style of play, he can't be thinking about sliding he needs to be thinking how to take his team into the end zone.— brmorgen81
- ..Yeah well...It's a good thing you don't have to have a "clue" about anything period to be able to post on here, or else you WOULD be banned.. — A.N.O.
- Good call brmorgen81, because Obama was the one that invented food stamps. You're brilliant. And you're right that aggressive style is really what has made Vick great it's resulted in all of those championships - proof of his greatness.
Vick CAN be great, because he has a great arm and he's very accurate when he's on top of his game. Staying healthy and optimizing his arm will MAKE him great. Until then he's just very good and he makes highlights. Just because he wins you championships on Madden while you're living in your grandmom's basement and because he makes great highlights that doesn't make him great. Get a clue dude.— mx55 - Obama didn't invent food stamps but he perfected it. People on food stamps have increased 40% during Obama's 3 1/2 years. Way to go Obama! Thank you for helping this economy and putting people back to work.
— MoRacker - Tell Obama to stop being a socialist.
— eglftbl1 
Comment removed.- Really?! How do you sound?! You were sure "interested" enough to not only read it, but comment on it as well about how it's "not a topic of interest"...FAIL! — A.N.O.
- PRESIDENT OBAMA GETS RE-ELECTED EASILY AND ALL YOU LOWLIFE REPUKELICANS AND TEAPARTY BIGOTS CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA— sewell guy
- Still need a QB!— osi is hurt boohoo
- obama and vick in the same story! let the hating begin lol— defroe
- Me to Nnamdi: "Tell Obama to get lost".— nellar
