Super Bowl champion and Pittsburgh Steelers legend Jerome Bettis weighed in on the rampant Jaxson Dart and Abdul Carter discourse.Dart introduced President Donald Trump before his speech in Suffern, New York, on Friday, and New York Giants teammate Abdul Carter took issue with it. Bettis said that they don’t have to agree on their political opinions but have to find a way to work together.”You don’t have to agree. And that’s the one thing. I mean, you don’t agree with your teammate, but you got to find a way to work with them and I think that’s what happens,” Bettis told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBettis said Dart and Carter need to find common ground.”I think politics, it’s always there. It’s never really in the forefront in terms of sports or a locker room. So, I don’t think that’s ever an issue. But what you have to do is find common ground. I think that’s what team sports is all about,” Bettis said.”People coming from different walks of life are all coming together for one common goal. And in order for you to all support that goal, you have to find common ground with each other.”It appeared Carter and Dart found some common ground as they appeared to squash any potential rift when Carter posted to X in a since-deleted tweet that they were “good.””Me and JD6 are good! We spoke earlier as Men,” Carter wrote. “Y’all can keep y’all narratives.”ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!Dart, 23, set the stage for Trump’s speech with a chant before welcoming the president onto the stage.”Big Blue Nation, it’s a pleasure to be here. I got to start this off with a ‘Go Big Blue,’” Dart said, and then led the chant for a few moments before proceeding to introduce Trump.”What an honor, what a privilege it is to be here, and without further ado, I’m grateful, I’m honored, I’m pleasured to introduce the 45th and 47th president of the United States America, President Donald J. Trump.”Trump and Dart then shook hands on the stage before the 23-year-old departed.Carter began the firestorm by reposting a video of Dart introducing Trump on X and captioning the tweet, “Thought this s— was AI, what we doing man.” He has since deleted the tweet.Bettis played from 1993-2005, and he said politics were not an issue during his time in the NFL. He did note that political climate has changed drastically in the last 20 years since his retirement.”No, it never did (cause an issue). But you have to understand that the landscape of politics right now is very divisive. And so I think it was much different 20 years ago than it is now. Now everyone’s picking sides and this and that and now you hate the other guy’s side. And that was never the case in politics 20 years ago. Hey, you respected the guys decision and his politics was his politics and now it’s a much different dynamic that politics weighs on people nowadays,” Bettis said.EMMANUEL ACHO SAYS IT WAS ‘PRET
Super Bowl champion Jerome Bettis has message for Jaxson Dart, Abdul Carter after Trump rally controversy
