Marcel Louis-Jacques
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa known as his appointment to the President's Council on Sports activities, Health and Vitamin “an honor” Wednesday, though he's nonetheless determining precisely what it means.
President Donald Trump reestablished the council July 31 in an effort to “prioritize and develop kids's participation in youth sports activities and energetic play,” “promote the bodily, psychological, and civic advantages of each day motion, train, and good diet,” and “have interaction each sector — private and non-private, civilian and navy — in making a nationwide tradition of energy, vitality, and excellence,” he wrote in an government order.
Talking for the primary time since Trump's announcement, Tagovailoa welcomed the appointment.
“I believe it is fairly cool — it is an honor,” he mentioned. “I do not know an excessive amount of about it, but it surely's an honor.”
In keeping with Trump's government order, the council advises him on quite a lot of points pertaining to bettering the general well being and health of Individuals on the youth and grownup ranges. He named Tagovailoa as a council member together with San Francisco 49ers defensive finish Nick Bosa, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
Trump additionally named Philadelphia Eagles working again Saquon Barkley as a council member, however Barkley has since clarified that he declined the invitation.
In the course of the information convention during which he introduced the council, Trump mispronounced Tagovailoa's final identify earlier than calling him a “nice man” and urging him to remain wholesome.
The Dolphins quarterback laughed off the mispronunciation when requested about it Wednesday.
“I do not suppose he is had the worst — I heard a pair worse at Alabama. It's what it's, I do not take that to coronary heart.”
When requested how his appointment got here collectively, Tagovailoa mentioned he did not know why he was named.
