Trump to preside over historic sporting events: Which teams and stars could skip White House visits?

President-elect Donald Trump speaks to the House GOP as they grow closer to clinching the majority for next term.

Donald Trump's second term will be a historic four years for sports. 

The entire world will turn its eyes to the U.S. as it hosts a World Cup and a Summer Olympics in a single presidential term. 

And for sports in America, Trump's controversial standing among many of the country's biggest stars and figures could burn even hotter than it did four years ago.

Here's a look at all the sports history that will come under a political and global microscope with Trump in the White House over the next four years.

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Donald Trump waves to the crowd at Bryant-Denny Stadium during the Alabama-Georgia game in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Sept. 28, 2024. (Gary Cosby Jr.-Imagn Images)

The 2024 college football season is the first in history with a 12-team playoff, and the first with a massive realignment in the sport's most prominent conferences after a mass exodus of programs from the Pac-12. 

The first official championship will technically take place just days before Trump is inaugurated in January, but the champions' White House visit will be one of the first of Trump's second term.

Trump should expect respect from the sport's coaches and stars. During Trump's first term, and even during his recent campaign, college football has been the sport to embrace Trump the most unanimously in the U.S. His appearances at games, including multiple Army-Navy games in his first term and a Georgia-Alabama game in September, were met with rousing applause.

No college football national champion skipped a White House visit during Trump's first term. Meanwhile, Georgia skipped a visit to