Episode 2571
Harrison Butker
Fri, 2024-May-17 02:58 UTC
Length - 1:44
Direct Link
Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a popular Wikipedia page every day.
With 211,035 views on Thursday, 16 May 2024 our article of the day is Harrison Butker.
Harrison Butker Jr. (born July 14, 1995) is an American football kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia Tech, and was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL draft. He is second in NFL history in career field goal percentage (minimum 100 attempts) with 89.1. Butker led the NFL in scoring in 2019, and is a three-time Super Bowl champion, having won LIV, LVII and LVIII with the Chiefs. He is nicknamed "Butt Kicker" (a play-on-words on his last name and position).
Butker, a traditional Catholic, made controversial comments stemming from his strong conservative beliefs in two commencement addresses in 2023 and 2024. His comments have been labeled as "sexist", "bigoted", "homophobic", "transphobic" and "anti-semitic". The NFL released a statement condemning his remarks writing, "His views are not those of the NFL as an organization. The NFL is steadfast in our commitment to inclusion, which only makes our league stronger."
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:58 UTC on Friday, 17 May 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Harrison Butker on Wikipedia.
This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.
Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.
Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.
Until next time, I'm Matthew Neural.
|
|
Buy WotD Stuff!!
