The NFL’s Jordan Poyer, strong safety for the Buffalo Bills, has now canceled his charity golf event in the face of backlash over it being held at Trump National Doral in Florida.
The Jordan Poyer Celebrity Tournament had been scheduled for July 10 and aimed to raise money for the ECMC Foundation, “a nationally-focused foundation working to improve higher education for career success among underserved populations through evidence-based innovation,” according to its website.
A sign is seen near the front entrance to the Trump National Doral golf resort owned by U.S. President Donald Trump’s company on October 17, 2019, in Doral, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
In a statement on Saturday, the management firm Avalon Sports, which represents Poyer, said that the event had to be canceled due to backlash.
“We would like to inform the general public and media outlets…
