The rallying cry ‘We Want to Play’ went from a hashtag among football players to a new slogan for President Trump in one day as the fall season teetered

The day started with a tweet from a star college quarterback featuring the hashtag #WeWantToPlay. It ended with a slick political video from the White House using the same slogan. The teetering college football season had somehow managed to unite the unpaid players with some very improbable allies: top Republicans.
The expedient political union between a nascent athlete empowerment movement and a President of the United States who has fiercely criticized protesting football players came as time was running out for conference…