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Stop mixing politics and sports. Just play the games. I've been calling for this for at least two years - take the national anthem away, and then you also take away the players' ability to make a spectacle of it. No more kneeling, no more black power signs. You come out and play the game and entertain the fans which is what it's supposed to be all about in the first place.
I don't love it. It's a shame that the left and their identity politics have made the national anthem such a divisive thing. It used to be unifying. It's a shame but it's where we are right now, so maybe we should stop playing the anthem before games, at least until this wave of self loathing by the American left simmers down a bit.
Never understood the need for the anthem to be played before every sporting event. It was even played at my kids' little league games. Like, I know which country I'm in.
It's the kind of thing that happens in North Korea or other dictatorships.
How is the NA polarizing? Slavery was accepted around the world for thousands of years. It was wrong, but just how it was. Whether they admit it or not, it was largely white people who put an end to slavery in the US. Part of the discussion was around the constitution and what it meant to be an American. America eventually realized everyone should be treated the same and afforded the same freedom under the flag. America is a country to celebrate (until the progressives ruin it)!
I agree.
America is Great! and it should be celebrated. What is wrong with standing in silence and reflecting on how great America is and think about how so many have sacrificed everything so we can enjoy the sporting event in peace? Depending on who is singing the anthem it can take up to 2 minutes and in that time you can think about anything you want. How about giving thanks to the Spirit of America that you enjoy such a high level of living that is the envy of much of the world? Imagine that you have enough money to buy those over priced tickets and for millions across the world you could be spending a year of wages on one night out.
America is a country to celebrate and the athletes should realize that there are not too many countries round the world where they would be paid millions of dollars to play a game.
I never liked Mark Cuban. We used to watch "Shark Tank" and he was always so smug.
How short sighted of him to diss the country that has allowed him to make millions.
The National Anthem is up to 2 minutes long and it is not that long to pause to reflect on how lucky we are and to give thanks for everything we have.
Apparently, no one even noticed this after 13 home games this pre and regular season.
Seems like Mark wants it both ways.
He says the right things publicly to kowtow to the 'woke' movement, but I wouldn't be surprised if he did this just to prevent morons from kneeling and grandstanding over the National Anthem in the future (few years ago when this kneeling nonsense started in earnest, I believe Mark actually voiced support for players standing before the Anthem with hands over their hearts).
I quit watching Shark Tank a long time ago, because every time someone had an idea Mark Cuban liked, he would say; I have people in China that can manufacture that. He never said that he had people in the U.S. that can make that.
His announcement is probably praised by his China manufacturing connections.
So many have been selling out the country for a long time. Now they think they are morally superior on top of that.
Yes, and do you also remember hearing him say what a great country is it that produces people with ideas like that are brought to him?
Another Limousine Liberal. Great country for you to turn a buck, right Mark? Regardless, the NBA is pretty much unwatchable. Raise the basket 3 feet and make it interesting.
Another Limousine Liberal. Great country for you to turn a buck, right Mark? Regardless, the NBA is pretty much unwatchable. Raise the basket 3 feet and make it interesting.
Meh...because he's a "liberal" all of the "conservatives" are now all of a sudden against capitalist principles. Funny how that works.
But I agree with you regarding NBA. It's not politics that make me not watch, it's just a boring product that quickly turned into soccer with the fake flailing on the floor.
Take away some personal fouls, enforce traveling and raise the hoop, and I'd watch.
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