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NBA says all teams must play national anthem after Dallas Mavericks stop playing it
MSN.com ^ | February 10, 2021 | Elisha Fieldstadt

Posted on 02/10/2021 1:43:12 PM PST by DennisR

The Dallas Mavericks have not been playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before home games all season, but said they would Wednesday and going forward after the NBA said all teams were required to play the national anthem.

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: andagain; anthem; boycottcuban; boycottsharktank; nationalanthem; nba; sports
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Too late! The owners went crazy and wanted Silver and Cuban’s heads on a platter. But it’s tooooo late.


21 posted on 02/10/2021 2:06:18 PM PST by Bookshelf
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To: RetiredArmy

Mavs won the title in 2011 and were good with Dirk Nowitzki. They were really good with Nowitzki and Steve Nash.


22 posted on 02/10/2021 2:06:32 PM PST by MikeSteelBe (We will be safe from terror when we treat Islam like postwar Germany treated Nazism)
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To: ConservaTexan
No anthem = no opportunity to trash the country.

Bingo

23 posted on 02/10/2021 2:06:53 PM PST by FatherofFive (We support Trump. Not the GOP)
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To: DennisR

Maybe he’d be more comfortable with the Internationale?


24 posted on 02/10/2021 2:11:02 PM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: DennisR

It’s less offensive to not play the anthem and not watch a bunch of ghetto thugs kneel in disrespect. At least that’s why I figure Cuban did it. Trying to get back some of the fans that these criminal players offended.


25 posted on 02/10/2021 2:18:35 PM PST by albie
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To: maddog55

What if everyone in the stands played the National Anthem on their phones with the volumes up and hopefully somewhat synched up.


26 posted on 02/10/2021 2:20:15 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not my current tagline.)
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To: DennisR

I personally think they should just play circus music at pro games from now on. It just seems more fitting.


27 posted on 02/10/2021 2:28:51 PM PST by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: DennisR

Too late. I started boycotting when they started taking a knee.


28 posted on 02/10/2021 2:32:36 PM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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To: DennisR

They’ll try to split the baby just like the NFL did in the Super Bowl - Rah, rah the flag and then put out type of wokeness too.


29 posted on 02/10/2021 2:32:44 PM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

The people in the stands should just sing it acapella.


30 posted on 02/10/2021 2:39:09 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (We must FIGHT, I repeat it sir, we must FIGHT! -Patrick Henry)
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To: DennisR

Send Mark Cuban to the showers.


31 posted on 02/10/2021 2:41:36 PM PST by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: ConservaTexan
NBA probably did this so players could continue protesting. No anthem = no opportunity to trash the country.

I wondered about the same thing.

Look, playing the national anthem is supposed to be a uniting ritual before a sporting event. If it now primarily serves as a vehicle to show disrespect for our nation, I would just rather not have it played.

32 posted on 02/10/2021 2:42:04 PM PST by Lysandru
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To: DennisR

The reasoning is this: If they don’t play the national anthem, they can’t kneel to the national anthem.


33 posted on 02/10/2021 2:46:17 PM PST by Rocky
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To: kaehurowing

Yeah, it’s interesting. I started getting a sports channel that plays Australian Baseball of all things. Who knew they played it down under? They also play the Russian Hockey League (KHL).


34 posted on 02/10/2021 2:51:59 PM PST by gr8eman (Elder Non-Binary Sibling is Watching You!)
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To: DennisR

Ding, ding, ding! The NBA woke up when they started bleeding supporters and revenue - hahahaha! This lame attempt to force a traitor commie and China lover like Cuban to play the national anthem only highlights the fact that Cuban and his team is full of scum balls.


35 posted on 02/10/2021 2:58:31 PM PST by demkicker (My passion for freedom is stronger than that of Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.)
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To: Jolla

It’s like the Quickening. The insanity is speeding up.


36 posted on 02/10/2021 3:09:51 PM PST by EEGator
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To: DennisR

America. So racist black men are paid millions of dollars to chase a ball.


37 posted on 02/10/2021 3:12:37 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: mewzilla

Note to NBA: Scum!


38 posted on 02/10/2021 3:14:06 PM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: CheshireTheCat

They should play “Entry of the Gladiators “ by Fucik on a calliope as the clowns come onto the court.


39 posted on 02/10/2021 3:21:20 PM PST by Orosius
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To: DennisR

They can shove their bouncy balls for all I care. I’m so done with them and their ilk.


40 posted on 02/10/2021 3:24:41 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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