SI.com – NFL – Saban declines offer from Bush – Monday July 31, 2006 1:26PM
“It was really a tough decision,” Saban said. “I feel like my first responsibility is our team. That in no way disrespects the importance of the opportunity I would have loved to have had to spend dinner with the President.”
Apparently getting the Dolphins ready for the season takes up every minute of his time. I suspect that this is either exaggeration on the part of an AP reporter trying to drum up some controversy, or Saban is a Democrat and thinks his fame means we care about his snub of the President. Oh, wait, I just wrote about it, I guess I do care.