Current Events > how bout we just stop playing the national anthem at sporting events?

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that would put an end to all this bitching over a non issue. people say that protesting the anthem makes sports political but even playing the anthem makes it political in the first place
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I'd be okay with it. Save it for international competition only like the Olympics or the World Cup.

didn't the military pay them to do it or something? I think that's how it started cause it wasn't always a thing
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Bluebomber182 posted...

that would put an end to all this bitching over a non issue.

I sincerely doubt it. There's always the "next thing" once a change has been made. Once you remove the national anthem, some group somewhere will be "energized" into going after some other thing since they think they have momentum. It'll be something like "that flag stands for our oppression of the native peoples and shouldn't be flown over stadiums"
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ThyCorndog posted...

didn't the military pay them to do it or something? I think that's how it started cause it wasn't always a thing

It started nearly a century ago as a way to exploit blind patriotism to boost attendance.
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And let the terrorists win? How bout not
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Bluebomber182 posted...

even playing the anthem makes it political in the first place

The national anthem should not be seen as political. If you have a problem with your country's anthem then you should leave that country.

I mean think about the Olympics. You win the gold medal, they play your country's anthem. Do you see that as a political thing? Should people sit during their winning medal ceremony?

TakashiMifune85 posted...

I'd be okay with it. Save it for international competition only like the Olympics or the World Cup.

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KazumaKiryu posted...

I mean think about the Olympics. You win the gold medal, they play your country's anthem. Do you see that as a political thing?

It certainly can be
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BLAKUboy posted...

ThyCorndog posted...

didn't the military pay them to do it or something? I think that's how it started cause it wasn't always a thing

It started nearly a century ago as a way to exploit blind patriotism to boost attendance.

The military paid the NFL to have to players on the field instead of in the locker room during the national anthem.
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CableZL posted...

The military paid the NFL to have to players on the field instead of in the locker room during the national anthem.

Yes, but that was only in the last decade. The national anthem has been a staple at sporting events for much longer.
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TakashiMifune85 posted...

I'd be okay with it. Save it for international competition only like the Olympics or the World Cup.

And WrestleMania.
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But.... how will we know when the game starts?

how about.....no.
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How about people just grow up and stop ruining things for being selfish. No. We don't need to get rid of them anthem. That would teach those crybabies that they won, which is wrong.

The players didn't do this back when segregation was going on, and people actually were racist. This whole police thing is just ridiculous.
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The fact that it's played before meaningless Browns-Chargers games in December cheapens the anthem, imo. It becomes ritual and routine, something most fans half-heartedly mouth their ways through while waiting for their minor-league sporting event to start.
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Or, realize that pitching a fit over someone kneeling, means giving the protestor exactly what he wants: attention.

I'd be ok with that. I'd also be ok with cutting it out of the school day too. Kids don't need to hear it every single day.
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Master_Bass posted...

I'd be ok with that. I'd also be ok with cutting it out of the school day too. Kids don't need to do it every day at the very least.

But, a kid sitting down for the pledge at (public) school is protected speech.

Master_Bass posted...

I'd be ok with that. I'd also be ok with cutting it out of the school day too. Kids don't need to hear it every single day.

Wait are schools actually doing this? We just did the pledge of allegiance.
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Antifar posted...

Master_Bass posted...

I'd be ok with that. I'd also be ok with cutting it out of the school day too. Kids don't need to hear it every single day.

Wait are schools actually doing this? We just did the pledge of allegiance.

My school district did. We did the national anthem and then the pledge every single day.
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--kresnik-- posted...

How about people just grow up and stop ruining things for being selfish.

Yes you're right, the cry babies that are having continuous meltdowns over people not standing for their stupid song do need to grow up and stop being selfish. You're 100% right.
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CableZL posted...

BLAKUboy posted...

ThyCorndog posted...

didn't the military pay them to do it or something? I think that's how it started cause it wasn't always a thing

It started nearly a century ago as a way to exploit blind patriotism to boost attendance.

The military paid the NFL to have to players on the field instead of in the locker room during the national anthem.

ah these 2 posts clear it up. I wasn't sure how it all happened. thanks
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