No national anthem at Mavs game

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Yeah, I'm not saying it's going to be successful, and I don't KNOW that's what he's trying to accomplish, it's just what makes the most sense to me when I put myself in his shoes.

I'd guess that what he's TRYING to do is to remove the inevitable moment when his players will take a knee in front of very conservative Texas fans. The only possible outcome of this moment is fans booing their own players. Whatever you think about the politics, one side or the other, as the Mavericks' owner, I think I can imagine how he might want to avoid that, if possible.

Just to be clear, I didn't write what you quoted in your above post.  Sleeping Hero wrote that.