Would you be upset if the national anthem was no longer played at sporting events? I've heard a lot of people say they wish performers would just get it overwith to get to the games. What's your thoughts?
National Anthem
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I'd like to keep it. Not every interpretation has been great, but there have been some phenomenal ones. Whitney is still one of my favorites. But she was a upper upper echelon talent.
I would be fine if it was skipped. I do enjoy the marching bad/pep band playing it though.
I'm not sure what the National Anthem has to do with sporing events. As the president of a local high school sports league for several years, I was often asked by parents why we weren't doing the National Anthem before our games. I always told them that if they wanted to organize it, I'd be happy to make time available for it before each game. Nobody ever followed through.
Don’t mind it but could also do without it.
Making it performative takes away from the meaning of singing it.
Making it performative takes away from the meaning of singing it.
Replace it with the thong song, a 2 minute twerk fest, and then let’s party.
Oh I dunno, I dont have a problem with it. Sometimes youll get local kids participating and it means a lot to them. Fun to hear that out some times. Would it be tragic if they stopped, no, but I dont mind hearing it.
Not needed unless it's an international game featuring the US national team playing another country. Those players are actually US citizens.
Half the roster of an NBA team are international and don't really relate to the US national anthem anyways. Other country's domestic leagues don't play anything prior to the game and just start the game.
Half the roster of an NBA team are international and don't really relate to the US national anthem anyways. Other country's domestic leagues don't play anything prior to the game and just start the game.
I generally enjoy it as kind of a formal introduction to the event. I don't know how it got connected to sporting events though, and I guess I don't know that it would be some huge loss if it ended.
It's at it's best at college football games when the band is playing it.
It's at it's best at college football games when the band is playing it.
It should go.
Its way out of place and unnecessary. Lets take this event where there's all kinds of hype building pregame, and stop that dead in its tracks with a slow-ass song.
Also, not a huge fan of our national anthem in general. Its should have been America the Beautiful.
Its way out of place and unnecessary. Lets take this event where there's all kinds of hype building pregame, and stop that dead in its tracks with a slow-ass song.
Also, not a huge fan of our national anthem in general. Its should have been America the Beautiful.
To me, it's the necessary reminder that what we now take for granted evolved at the expense of lives. A lot of lives.
It’s played so often it has become de-valued.
I like it. Keep it. Is it NECESSARY to play it? no. But it's a moment before an event we can all feel a connection... and makes us realize it's just a game and nothing more.
It can go away. I would not miss it one bit.
I would be upset. But I wouldn't be upset if the performers just kept it simple.
