{"id":2294013,"date":"2024-07-13T11:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T15:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-ignores-people-angry-over-pat-tillman-award-nomination-accepts-it-anyway-at-2024-espys\/"},"modified":"2024-07-13T12:00:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T16:00:46","slug":"prince-harry-ignores-people-angry-over-pat-tillman-award-nomination-accepts-it-anyway-at-2024-espys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-ignores-people-angry-over-pat-tillman-award-nomination-accepts-it-anyway-at-2024-espys\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry Ignores People Angry Over Pat Tillman Award Nomination, Accepts It Anyway at 2024 ESPYs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprince-harry-ignores-people-angry-over-pat-tillman-award-nomination-accepts-it-anyway-at-2024-espys%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2294013&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article\u2064 discusses the winners and highlights of the 2024 ESPYs, including athletes like Patrick Mahomes, Shohei Ohtani, and Max \u200cVerstappen. It\u2062 also mentions the awards\u200c for character off\u200c the field,\u2064 such as the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage and the Pat \u2064Tillman Award for Service, which was\u200b controversially\u200d given to Prince \u200dHarry this year. Despite objections, Prince Harry received the award for his work with the Invictus Games \u200ccharity. The article criticizes Harry&#8217;s worthiness of the award and questions his actions and reputation.\u200b It highlights Pat Tillman&#8217;s \u2063mother&#8217;s \u2064disapproval of the decision to honor Harry. The article also includes a note from the Deputy Managing Editor regarding the importance of the 2024 election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 13, 2024 at 6:57am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The ESPYs were on Thursday night. Spoiler alert in case you had literally anything better to do: a bunch of people with many more prestigious awards won another less prestigious award, for the most part.<\/p>\n<p>The best NFL player, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espys\/story\/_\/id\/40520337\/2024-espys-winners-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN\u2019s<\/a> list of winners, was the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/patrick-mahomes-refuses-call-gun-control-kansas-city-shooting-continue-educate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Mahomes<\/a> \u2014 three-time Super Bowl champion, three-time Super Bowl MVP, two time NFL MVP and two-time first-team All-Pro. Best MLB player: Shohei Ohtani, the pitcher and designated hitter, now with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who is a four-time All-Star and two-time American League MVP. (The odds were pretty stacked against anyone else winning the award. Just ask his translator.)<\/p>\n<p>The best driver was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-big-crash-involving-3-cars-1st-lap-monaco-gp-brings-red-flag-temporarily-halt-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Verstappen<\/a>, the Formula 1 Red Bull driver who is currently on pace to win his fourth straight driver\u2019s championship and set the record for most wins in a season \u2014 19 out of 22 last year, replacing his prior record of 15 out of 22 back in 2022. And now, they\u2019re all ESPY winners \u2014 which, you know, is clearly the highlight of their collective careers.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are the awards won for one\u2019s character off the field, track, pitch or court. The Arthur Ashe Award for Courage is one of the most prestigious, going to those whose contributions to the game transcend what they accomplish on the field. This year\u2019s winner was Steve Gleason, the New Orleans Saints player famous for blocking a punt in the Saints\u2019 first game back in the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina and sparking the rebirth of the franchise; Gleason is now fighting a brave battle against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig\u2019s Disease.<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s the Pat Tillman Award for Service, named for the former Arizona Cardinals player who gave up a lucrative NFL deal to fight for his country after 9\/11, ultimately dying in a battle in Afghanistan. Last year\u2019s recipient was the Buffalo Bills training staff, which literally brought Damar Hamlin back to life on a football field during a game in early 2023.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the award went to \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/espn-fire-announced-patriotic-award-prince-harry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a>. Because why not?<\/p>\n<p>And, despite a hue and cry from every quarter \u2014 including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pat-tillmans-mother-livid-prince-harry-wins-dead-sons-award-shocked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from Tillman\u2019s mom herself<\/a>, who objected to an immature, self-centered, media-hungry waste of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/markle-tells-oprah-royal-family-expressed-concerns-about-skin-color-of-her-son\/\" title=\"Markle Tells Oprah: Royal Family Expressed \u2018Concerns\u2019 About Skin Color Of Her Son\">royal title<\/a> being honored for \u201cservice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That didn\u2019t change ESPN\u2019s decision to award him the honor based on the fact that Harry, who served honorably in combat, founded the Invictus Games charity \u2014 a Paralympic-style event for wounded vets. This is all very good, but charity is pretty much one of his three jobs on this planet Earth, the other two being not embarrassing the royal family and waiting around patiently (and silently) to see if enough people die to put him in line for the throne.<\/p>\n<p>As you may have heard, he\u2019s done exactly the opposite on the last two counts. Even ESPYs host Serena Williams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/serena-williams-gently-razzes-harry-and-meghan-for-accusation-that-they-take-up-too-much-oxygen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quipped<\/a> during Thursday\u2019s ceremony that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were \u201ctaking up too much oxygen\u201d and implored them to \u201ctry not to breathe too much tonight.\u201d (Yes, it was a joke, but jokes aren\u2019t funny if they don\u2019t have a kernel of truth in them.)<\/p>\n<p>Harry\u2019s speech, alas, was delivered with poker-faced seriousness. (Or \u201cpo-facedly,\u201d as the Brits might call it.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to begin by expressing my deepest gratitude to everyone at the Pat Tillman Foundation, led by\u00a0Marie Tillman Shenton,\u00a0who I\u2019m so honored is here tonight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The British royal continued: \u201cI\u2019d also like to acknowledge the Tillman family, especially Mrs. Mary Tillman, Pat\u2019s mother. Her advocacy for Pat\u2019s legacy is deeply personal and one that I respect. The bond between a mother and son is eternal and transcends even the greatest losses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is, I stand here not as Prince Harry, Pat Tillman Award recipient, but rather a voice on behalf of the Invictus Games Foundation and the thousands of veterans and service personnel from over 20 nations who have made the Invictus Games a reality. This award belongs to them, not to me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat said, it is of great importance to me to highlight these allies, athletes and their amazing families for their achievements, their spirit and their courage at every opportunity \u2014 especially on nights like this, in front of people like you. Moments like these help us reach those that need Invictus most and reduce more than 20 veterans a day taking their own lives in this country alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you have five minutes and want to see how long you can go without letting out a schadenfreude-induced laugh, here\u2019s his remarks in full:<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prince Harry\u2019s speech after winning Pat Tillman Award for Service | 2024 ESPYS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8cvD8CWLWgU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>First things first: If this was all about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nigerian-first-lady-enraged-celeb-nakedness-meghans-trip-not-beautiful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Invictus Games<\/a> and the athletes who participate \u2014 and the \u201caward belongs to them, not to me\u201d \u2014 why weren\u2019t Invictus Games athletes <em>accepting the award<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>At this point, the only people who really believe Prince Harry is worthy of the worship bestowed upon the modern media luminary are people who are so bowled over by celebrity that they hyperventilate in the presence of the guy who voices the GEICO gecko.<\/p>\n<p>Even people with the British tabloids that have that actually have the job title \u201croyal watcher\u201d \u2014 and doesn\u2019t that make you glad for Lexington and Concord? \u2014 concede that Harry is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-prince-harrys-memoir-title-takes-not-subtle-swipe-royal-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bumbling, emotionally fragile mess<\/a> with a designing spouse that make Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson look positively stalwart and regal by comparison. The only reason he\u2019s not the most despised member of the Windsors is that his uncle just so happens to have been a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and has been credibly accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/prince-andrew-not-taking-new-epstein-docs-locked-away-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">having illicit relations<\/a> with one of Epstein\u2019s underage victims.<\/p>\n<p>I thank the Duke of Sussex for his military service, which he left more than a decade ago. As for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/espn-responds-backlash-selecting-prince-harry-pat-tillman-award-winner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Invictus Games<\/a>, charity is part of his obligation as a royal, even a non-working one, since he\u2019s barely been doing any work in the interim either. As far as I\u2019m concerned, however, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mmA-WSNhmRQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Little Lebowski Urban Achievers<\/a> program from \u201cThe Big Lebowski\u201d did more to lend credibility of character that was lacking in spades otherwise to its fictional benefactor than the Invictus Games have done for Prince Harry.<\/p>\n<p>Pat Tillman\u2019s mom didn\u2019t want him to get the award. Judging by the reaction on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>, most other people didn\u2019t, either. He went ahead with it anyway, because this is the Prince Harry we\u2019ve always known and loathed. In short: Couldn\u2019t you have at least tried not to take \u201cup too much oxygen\u201d by bowing out, Harry? That would\u2019ve been super.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. 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Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ESPYs took place on Thursday night, with various athletes winning awards for their achievements. Some of the winners included Patrick Mahomes, Shohei Ohtani, and Max Verstappen. However, there were also awards given for character off the field, such as the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage, which was won by Steve Gleason. The Pat Tillman Award for Service was given to Prince Harry, despite objections from many, including Tillman&#8217;s mother. Harry&#8217;s speech focused on the Invictus Games charity, but many questioned his worthiness of the award. The article also discusses the importance of the upcoming 2024 election and the need for support to fight against Big Tech censorship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":2294014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tillman-harry.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6733,33113,9134,33112,33095],"class_list":["post-2294013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-controversy","tag-espys","tag-nomination","tag-pat-tillman-award","tag-prince-harry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tillman-harry.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2294014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}