With all due respect, I live in the greatest country in the world but I think it's inappropriate. Arena says playing the national anthem at domestic sporting events is "inappropriate".
Read More. The stanzas recount the Battle of Baltimore, a days-long siege between British and American forces. The poem was set to a tune called "The Anacreontic Song," which was composed in the late s by a man named John Stafford Smith. The song was linked to the Anacreontic Society, which was an amateur musician's and singer's club named after the Greek poet Anacreon.
And I think playing the national anthem is clearly appropriate at those levels. Does the audience belt out the anthem before the shows begin?
Before the main act at a concert, should they play a recording of the national anthem first? It never made sense to play the national anthem before games in American sports leagues. And yet, all of them do it. There are no crowds today due to the pandemic. And if leagues still play the anthem even though there are no crowds, who is it for?
Is it for the Pentagon, who since has spent millions of taxpayer dollars for paid propaganda at sporting events especially NFL games as a military recruiting tool?
Does anyone even know anymore? From the NBA to MLB , sports leagues are planning pandemic-proof events that require fresh approaches designed from scratch. Everything about these upcoming tournaments is new, from the locations to the scheduling to the formats to the media coverage. So why should the pregame routine of playing the anthem stay the same? The fans, of course, will return one day.
But if leagues use this opportunity to stop playing the national anthem, they can normalize having sports without it. After all, traditions evolve over time. They come, they go, they change. Sometimes it takes unusual circumstances to push that evolution along. A global pandemic may be as good a nudge as any to finally get rid of the anthem at sporting events. Whether the anthem is played or not, Short, Ertz and any other NWSL player has the right to protest systemic racism in this country.
The NWSL on Saturday became the first professional team sports league to return since the killing of George Floyd , and the players were mindful of the platform they had. They wore Black Lives Matter shirts during pregame warm-ups, and wore black armbands during the game. Before kickoff, they kneeled in a planned moment of silence.
Navy band began to play the Star-Spangled Banner; and something changed. As the song began, Red Sox infielder Fred Thomas—who was in the Navy and had been granted furlough to play in the World Series— immediately turned toward the American flag and gave it a military salute, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Other players turned to the flag with hands over hearts, and the already-standing crowd began to sing. And patriotism played a part right from the start, as the Red Sox gave free tickets to wounded veterans and honored them during the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner before the start of the decisive Game 6.
The New York Yankees hold their caps over their hearts during a performance of the national anthem, Other baseball parks began to play the song on holidays and special occasions, and Red Sox owner Harry Frazee made it a regular part of Boston home games. The NBA also hopped into that tradition while other sporting events such as boxing, hockey, and soccer have adapted that approach over the years. It has become a customary part of any sporting event that has seen many notable music artists and musicians perform the song.
In the last few years, there has been a pushback toward anyone deciding to kneel during the playing of the national anthem. It has garnered the notion of that action being disrespectable instead of the interpretation of kneeling as a means of bringing more attention to social injustice in the United States.
That has remained a considerable sticking point in the country, drawing a significant amount of backlash.
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