“They usually don’t show the anthem.”
That may be true, BUT they probably started showing the anthem because the people wanted to see it. Maybe because a famous performer was doing it; maybe because there’d be a cool military flyby or some other tribute; maybe because some viewers are just patriotic like that, or even Veterans themselves.
Nonetheless, when they consider their solution, they’d do well to remember why they started showing the anthem in the first place if it was, in fact, unusual.
The started showing the anthem at the same time they brought the players out for it because the DOD was paying them for “more overt patriotism”. That got hammered down in Congress last year, they’re not getting that money anymore. Problem is by the time the DOD stopped sending the cash Kaepernick had turned it into a “thing” so they couldn’t just quietly have it go away. There’s a good chance if he doesn’t start kneeling last year they would have stopped showing it and nobody would have noticed.