--- title: Superbowl Champion Seahawks Visit White House description: The Seattle Seahawks visit the White House and make Obama honorary "12th Man." canonical: https://time.com/107969/super-bowl-seahawks-white-house/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-21T19:41:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T07:58:40.004Z article:section: World og:title: Super Bowl Champion Seahawks Visit White House og:description: The Seattle Seahawks visit the White House and make Obama honorary "12th Man." og:url: https://time.com/107969/super-bowl-seahawks-white-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8fae71c9a470314/69869068f983e7cbd304deb9/492636385.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-OBAMA-SEAHAWKS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Super Bowl Champion Seahawks Visit White House twitter:description: The Seattle Seahawks visit the White House and make Obama honorary "12th Man." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8fae71c9a470314/69869068f983e7cbd304deb9/492636385.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Super Bowl Champion Seahawks Visit White House by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video May 21, 2014 7:41 PM CUT  US President Barack Obama poses with the Super Bowl XLVIII Champions Seattle Seahawks during an event at the White House in Washington, DC, May 21, 2014\. AFP PHOTO / Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) US President Barack Obama poses with the Super Bowl XLVIII Champions Seattle Seahawks during an event at the White House in Washington, DC, May 21, 2014\. AFP PHOTO / Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)JIM WATSON—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video May 21, 2014 7:41 PM CUT The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks had to make a long trip from Washington, the state to Washington, D.C. in order to meet President Barack Obama at the White House Wednesday, but it must have felt like home once they arrived. The team famous for its “12th man” fan support and eardrum-shattering stadium noise was greeted by a rousing “Sea-Hawks” chant. Obama praised the team and joked about letting outspoken cornerback Richard Sherman take the mic. The team presented the Commander-in-Chief with a “12th Man” flag instead of the customary jersey. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/107969/super-bowl-seahawks-white-house/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/107969/super-bowl-seahawks-white-house/"},"headline":"Super Bowl Champion Seahawks Visit White House","datePublished":"2014-05-21T19:41:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:58:40.004Z","description":"Seahawks make Obama honorary \"12th Man.\"","url":"https://time.com/107969/super-bowl-seahawks-white-house/","keywords":["NFL","Barack Obama","Football","Super Bowl topic","Seattle Seahawks"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8fae71c9a470314/69869068f983e7cbd304deb9/492636385.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8fae71c9a470314/69869068f983e7cbd304deb9/492636385.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-POLITICS-OBAMA-SEAHAWKS","caption":"US-POLITICS-OBAMA-SEAHAWKS","creditText":"JIM WATSON—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nfl/","name":"NFL"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/107969/super-bowl-seahawks-white-house/","name":"Super Bowl Champion Seahawks Visit White House"}}]}] ```