Personally, me either, but I don't consider the anthem at sports events to be a solemn experience. The national anthem shouldn't be sung at sporting events because 1. Pearls before swine, and 2. it usually gets turned into a soul or R&B song.
Bump for your insight.... It really gets run down at athletic events. They ought just to invite in a high-school band for a good, solid, traditional playing of the anthem.