The NBA would allow BLUE LIVES MATTER prior to every game, right?
I wouldn’t attend a professional sports event unless I was paid to do so, but even if I did I doubt I would bother standing for the national anthem. I would remain seated, drinking my beer or whatever; my way pf protesting the rigged election and illegitimate government we now have in the US.
But you’d better stand when they play The Black National Anthem, or else you’ll get cancelled.
The last kicks of a dying elephant?
Does anyone even watch the NBA anymore?
Didn’t the NBA suffer a catastrophic collapse in ratings in last year’s NBA finals to an all time low?
That should sell more tickets.
What is the Chinese anthem?
Considering the character of the people not standing for the anthem, I don’t think they should be given the privilege of hearing it. I know they would not sing along with it, but if they did, wouldn’t their mouths pollute it?
Good choice by the Mavericks.
People who work for Cuban say he’s very smart but also very paranoid. In his arena outside and inside they have cameras that use facial recognition to build an electronic dossier in every person the cameras get an image of. Prior to Covid they took a facial pic of every person in the arena during every game. They also have tech that monitors and tracks every phone in the building.
The upside of not playing the national anthem at sports events is that assorted “entertainers” won’t be able to annoy us with their unique interpretations of the song.
That is no answer to this ‘political correctness’ bullshit!
Sure, it's only one team's decision in a league whose audience attendance has surely dropped in these pandemic times, but it paves the way for others.
Think about it--if you remove the National Anthem from a sporting event, where else do you hear it?
And surely, if you can remove the anthem, not displaying the National Flag is next. What other symbols that we love will be removed from our culture?
1.) Identify a couple dozen like-minded patriots who are attending the game and who would be able and willing to sing our National anthem before the game, as the second half starts, and at end of game.
2.) Spread them out in the arena.
3.) Determine appropriate pitch for first note and make sure each vocalist has either a tuning fork or pitch pipe in order to start on the same note.
4.) Synchronize so that all vocalists start at the same time.
5.) Sing it loud and proud.
5.) Watch as some join in and others snap.
I’m offended and embarrassed that that bastard Cuban is offended by the AMERICAN National Anthem. F*** him and his Cuban ass. I thought Texas was better than that.
Why the NBA????