In the U.S., it’s a rite of passage for championship winning teams to be invited to the White House by the sitting president.

The North Carolina Tar Heels had their visit recently, as did the Philadelphia Phillies after they won the World Series.

And since they won the Super Bowl, the Pittsburgh Steelers are the latest championship team invited to the White House by President Obama.

Except that Steelers LB (and Defensive Player of the Year) James Harrison gave the Pres the big F–K You!–only in a more polite way.

“This is how I feel — if you want to see the Pittsburgh Steelers, invite us when we don’t win the Super Bowl. As far as I’m concerned, he [Obama] would’ve invited Arizona if they had won,” said Harrison.

Huh?

Well no shit James–that’s the point of getting invited to the White House, to fete a championship team.  It’s one of the perks of winning the Super Bowl.  I doubt Obama would have the time, or desire, to invite the other 31 teams in the league who didn’t win the Super Bowl.

Hell, even George W. would’ve had a hard time fitting in all those visits, what with all his spare time in office. [MSNBC, PFT]