No national anthem at Mavs game

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I think after the Mavs front office scandals, Cuban has no desire to run for President 

As for political, it became political the day players decided to kneel. Cuban did not start that. His rationale here might be that he is taking politics out of it. 

I don’t understand the whole patriotism angle with playing the National Anthem before a sports event. None of us petition our employer to play it before the start of a work day. 

I know this is a very personal issue and folks have differing opinions, none of which are wrong. 

One thing though...Cuban sure loves publicity...good or bad. He is smart enough to know that even if many would agree with him, he would also get a lot of negative feedback, and the best thing would be to maintain status quo. However negative publicity has never stopped Cuban

Well, to me it's a different situation from where most of us work, in that major sporting events are the occasions for large societal gatherings, whether in person or on TV.  You've had near 20,000 Americans turning out for NBA games and 80,000 or more for NFL games, and I don't know how many for MLB games.

IMO, the mere freedom that we have in this country to so freely engage in such a cornucopia of sporting events is a reason for celebration.  The anthem is just a reminder of how we came to be such a free people.

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In Europe they do not play national anthems before sports events.  As an immigrant I like hearing it, I liked the pledge of allegiance in schools because I love and appreciate the United States.  Is it necessary to play before every sports game, maybe not.  However as an earlier poster said it, why now?  Why remove it at a time when so many have disrespected our flag whether its BLM marchers who burned it, or right wingers entering the capitol.  I think politics should stay out of sports.

Agreed, but when did playing the Anthem become political?