No national anthem at Mavs game

[TXBamanut]

Wow. Silver coming in and forcing Cuban's hand.

Did not expect this.

A bit surprising I agree, but as someone said earlier, follow the money.  

NBA likely perceives some $$$ backlash.  I imagine they want to be woke, but not too woke. 

I totally agree that..
1)  Cuban tried to make this a thing...and he did, that's a fact.
2)  That Silver wisely shut it down immediately.

What Cuban did was like rolling into a bar in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and saying "I think Bear Bryant is overrated."  Totally fine to have that opinion, totally within your rights, but why do you want to start something for no tangible gain whatsoever?  My opnion, obviously is that there is no tangible gain, in the sense, of +/-, because any + is going to be swept away by the minus that you will ultimately get...and honestly, I think the negative of this move, at this time, FAR outweighs ANY positive.