There isn't a game against the Washington Commanders on the Arizona Cardinals' 2025 schedule.
For the fourth straight year, though, the Cardinals team plane flew to the nation's capital as part of the annual Civics Matters Arizona trip.
On Wednesday morning, 275 Arizona high school students traveled to Washington on the Cardinals' plane as part of an all-expenses-paid four-day visit that includes tours of the U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court.
"It's more important than ever before," Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill told the team website. "(President) Ronald Reagan said 40 years ago that we're only one generation away from losing our freedom. It's important, and it's part of our job as adults to make sure we educate these kids about our form of government, so they are more informed citizens.
"Maybe a couple of these kids decide to run for office and lead us in the right direction. But it's up to us to teach them."
Civics Matters Arizona -- supported by the Cardinals, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, the Close Up Foundation and Desert Financial -- is an annual visit designed to give high school kids, most often from lower-income areas within the state, an opportunity to learn the importance of community engagement.
The trip runs through Saturday and will feature visits to monuments, memorials and other Washington D.C. sites, in addition to the Supreme Court and U.S. Capitol.
Said Bidwill: "It'll be an amazing trip."
