Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has banned the national anthem from being played before the franchise's home games, he confirmed to The Athletic's Tim Cato. The Mavericks have not played the national anthem before any of their home games this season. Dallas had not previously announced the decision and did not comment further on the matter, Cato says.Mark Cuban Gets an Order From the NBA: The Mavericks (and All Other Teams) Will Play the National Anthem
One day after Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban confirmed to ESPN that his team had stopped playing the national anthem before games, the NBA on Wednesday issued a statement saying that wouldn't be the case going forward.
"With NBA teams now in the process of welcoming fans back into their arenas, all teams will play the national anthem in keeping with longstanding league policy," the league said in a statement.
This could get interesting. Mark Cuban (who has hinted at running for President in 2024) doesn't appear to be the sort of guy who will take this one "standing up" as it were. Perhaps he will allow for the National Anthem, while demanding everyone "take a knee". Ultimately, I would assume it will depend on the size of the fine for defying the NBA. If it's not too steep, I would look for Cuban to buck the NBA brass.
That being said, I believe that the NBA learned the lesson that the NFL did a while back with all of the excessive kneeling and other political protesting that pushed many fans away. But obviously owners like Mark Cuban will continue to put his personal politics ahead of everything else (as most liberals do).
Any takers on what will happen during the next Dallas Mavericks home game? I have my prediction, what is yours?
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what happens if a white guy like me decides to kneel during whatever the fuck is counting as a black national anthem these days?
rrb said...
what happens if a white guy like me decides to kneel during whatever the fuck is counting as a black national anthem these days?
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My fortune cookie says
every time Cuban appears on the "big screen" he will be booed
Not sure if there are season tickets (haven't watched any NBA) but suspect cancellations. Communist China will approve and his TV ratings will go up there and it's a much bigger market than U.S. so he that may play in his posturing.
One day after it became known that the Dallas Mavericks would not play the national anthem before their home games, the NBA said all teams would be forced to play it.
I would never kneel down during the national anthem. I would sing along because I have a pretty good singing voice.
A good friend said that if I could stay on key, I would have been able to sing rock music.
I still can't stay on key
You just won the internet !!!
really? the bar has been set way too low then.
OK
How about, He shoots, He SCORES ????
but I liked the internet better
Guess I was mixing up hockey with basketball, maybe I'll be banned now
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Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks will resume playing the Anthem tonight vs. Atlanta. Statement from Cuban, in part: “The hope is that those who feel passionate about the anthem being played will be just as passionate in listening to those who do not feel it represents them.”
I haven’t seen an NBA game since Dominique Wilkins was playing Barkley when he was a 76er
Caliphate4vr said...
I haven’t seen an NBA game since Dominique Wilkins was playing Barkley when he was a 76er
I haven't been back since Jack Nicholson told me to sit down because he couldn't see the game.
Anybody know if Bruce Springsteen is going to do any more car commercials ?
I suspect he may want to think about doing an Uber commercial.
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The impeachment trial resumed with Democrats outlining the riot as it unfolded at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Democrats aired footage from the security cameras in the Capitol showing a view of the attack that has never before been seen by the public and played previously unheard audio tape of Capitol Police officers calling for reinforcements as rioters pushed past the barricades.
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Gronk is playing some dangerous games with gravity
Just wait till Joe see's this !!!
People having fun
ARREST THEM !!!
Joe Biden's America
1984
Animal Farm
Police State
Hey alky, the walls certainly can't have much further to close in anymore.
At least in your case
ROFLMFAO !!!
The Idiot Alky ,is always so wrong.
"The government can't censor anything except shouting fire in a crowded room."
It is so easy to show, Again, Roger knows nothing.
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Fighting words are, as first defined by the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) in Chaplinsky v New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568 (1942), words which "by their very utterance, inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace. ... Fighting words are a category of speech that is unprotected by the First Amendment."
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