Jalen Hurts praised his all-women administration workforce through the Philadelphia Eagles’ Girls’s Soccer Competition on Sunday, Could 19.

“Girls are thrusted into positions to have to beat this, overcome that,” Hurts, 25, stated to the gang, captured in a video shared by way of Instagram by The Sports activities-ish. “They usually all the time do. But they lack the respect they deserve. I’m right here advocating for it. Not solely in soccer however in each state of affairs. Everyone knows the girl is the rock of all the pieces.”

Hurts, a quarterback for the Eagles, has lengthy been an advocate of ladies in sports activities and has beforehand praised his agent, Nicole Lynn, and his all-women administration workforce. “I like anybody who places their head down and works for what they need,” Hurts instructed Sports activities Illustrated in August 2022. “And I do know girls who do this day by day, however they don’t get the identical reward as males — they don’t get the reward that they deserve.”

He added, “I’ve seen that now with tons of various girls in my life [who] are hustlers. Athletes, coaches, girls within the enterprise world of sports activities. I see it on a regular basis. They usually deserve their flowers too. So if me saying one thing about it brings extra consideration to it, then I’m all for that.”

Hurts’ current feedback are available in sharp distinction with a graduation handle delivered by Kansas Metropolis Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker earlier this month. In his speech, given on the commencement ceremony for Kansas’ Benedictine Faculty on Could 11, Butker railed in opposition to girls within the workforce but additionally in opposition to LGBTQIA+ satisfaction, abortion entry and using IVF and surrogacy as household planning strategies.

Butker additional addressed “the women current,” congratulating them for his or her “wonderful accomplishment” whereas claiming that they’ve had “probably the most diabolical lies instructed to [them]” about their place in society.

“A few of you could go on to guide profitable careers on this planet, however I’d enterprise to guess that almost all of you’re most enthusiastic about your marriage and the youngsters you’ll carry into this world,” he stated.

Butker went on to carry up his spouse, Isabelle, who he stated can be “the primary to say that her life really began when she started residing her vocation as a spouse and as a mom.” He additionally credited her as the rationale he’s “the person I’m as a result of I’ve a spouse who leans into her vocation.”

Whereas Hurts wasn’t instantly responding to Butker’s speech, that didn’t cease different stars from voicing their opinions concerning the kicker’s controversial remarks. Celebrities together with Patricia Heaton, Maria Shriver, Whoopi Goldberg and Hoda Kotb — in addition to different soccer gamers — weighed in on the controversy, both coming to Butker’s protection or denouncing him totally.

The NFL’s chief range officer, Jonathan Beane, launched a press release on Wednesday, Could 15, sharing that the group didn’t agree with Butker’s remarks.

“Harrison Butker gave a speech in his private capability,” Beane stated in a press release to Outsports. “His views aren’t these of the NFL as a corporation. The NFL is steadfast in our dedication to inclusion, which solely makes our league stronger.”