Shannon Sharpe tells Jill Biden to ‘sit down’ after First Lady’s White House invite to ‘people that look like her’

Jill Biden and Shannon Sharpe both watched as headlines broke about LSU beating Iowa in women's basketball to win the national championship.

In response, Jill, wife of POTUS Joe Biden, called for both teams to join the first family at the White House. Sharpe was livid with the invitation to both teams.

Here's how he put it on "Undisputed":

"She needs to sit down. Now because the people that won, the young ladies that won, look like me, and the people that lost look like her, now we’re gonna invite the runner-up."

The talk show co-host went deep into the history books to describe his frustration:

"This goes back to 1865, Andrew Johnson welcomed the Brooklyn Atlantics and the Washington Nationals. The first professional baseball team to get invited to the White House, Ulysses S Grant did it in 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings. WINNERS. Never in the history…"

Shannon Sharpe then blamed participation trophies for hurting sports in the country:

"That’s the part of winning a national championship, the Super Bowl, the World Series, the NBA title. Guess what, we get invited to the White House. The losers don’t get anything. This is not a participation award. And that’s what’s watering down sports in America."

He also went on to slam the idea of a participation trophy:

"Little John and little Susie get an award just because they were on the team although they didn’t win anything. If you in the league, you get a trophy. No, winners get a trophy. That’s what life is about."

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How many times did Shannon Sharpe visit the White House?

Shannon Sharpe (right) at Green Bay Packers v Denver Broncos

Shannon Sharpe played for almost 15 years. Out of those years, how many White House invitations were extended to him?

The former NFL tight end went as part of a championship-winning football team three times. He went twice with the Denver Broncos and John Elway. After leaving the team at the same time as his quarterback, Sharpe got one last visit to the Capitol.

In 2001, he won the Big Game with the Baltimore Ravens, ultimately choosing to leave the team after its greatest moment as well. He returned to Denver to play two more seasons and retired after the 2003 season.

Over the course of his NFL career, Sharpe had three Super Bowl rings, 204 starts, 815 catches, more than 10,000 receiving yards, and 62 touchdowns.