Posted on 02/10/2021 4:38:42 PM PST by conservative98
The NBA is requiring that all teams play the national anthem before games "in keeping with longstanding league policy," just one day after Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told The Athletic the team decided not to play it at home games.
NBA Chief Communications Officer Mike Bass released a statement on Wednesday, just a day after Cuban said he had no plans to play the national anthem at any future home games.
Fox Bet "With NBA teams now in the process of welcoming back fans into their arenas, all teams will play the national anthem in keeping with longstanding league policy," Bass said.
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He’s been on my ban list for years.
It must gall him so much to be so successful and rich...yet so ugly.
Another phony ass, unpatriotic ingrate.
I wanted to call the network that Shark Tank is on and tell them that I’ll never watch the show again. I still might.
For all his wealth, Cuban is an idiot.
On the other hand, maybe he was trying to sidestep the whole issue.
No one can be criticized for taking a knee if there’s no song to which Americans generally pay respect.
I was talking about this with my husband, a Canadian. He didn’t understand why it was such a big deal.
I said, imagine if the Canadiens or the Maple Leafs sat on their rear ends while “O Canada” was playing?
I think we’d see a lot of angry Canadians!5
I think we went to the same grade school.
Your post brings back memories of the type of pride in America and patriotism that used to be common. Now it would cause people to shake their heads in dismay at us.
They need to force him to sell the team like they did that one got a few years ago.
Just because you’re rich - even a billionaire - doesn’t mean you’re smart. Look around, some of the dumbest, most despicable people in the world are filthy rich.
In those days, every school was like that.
I don’t think the current situation is any ‘improvement’.
The PRC national anthem is more appropriate for the NBA.
We’re watching college basketball every night. Not watching tv news.
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