Just out of curiosity, does anyone actually stand during the anthem when they are at home If not, that says all we need to know about the importance of it during a sporting event. I know I don't stand at home. The only reason I do at live events is to not look like a douche.
It's us vs the rest of the country
It may be linked to when soldiers left for WW2. In the US, that's when the playing of the national anthem become popular in baseball and then spread to other sports and probably spread to Canada.
I understand the opinion of some that sports doesn't need to be as political or as nationalist as it currently is. The Super Bowl is much worse for this than the Grey Cup is but what the author suggested was to drop the anthem in order to support a political movement. And that's where the author loses credibility IMO.
Ravi, I'm glad you said what you did. Fact is that a very high percentage of military people act in ways that would have them locked up in society. Glorified criminals. It's way overblown how they are so unselfish to make "our" lives better. That may have been the case 70+ years ago, but I don't buy it today. Just saw this piece a few minutes ago.
http://www.680news.com/2016/11/28/vi...ary/?show_id=0
It's us vs the rest of the country
Just coasting through these threads as damn life gets in the way for reading regularly .....
The relatively full Grey Cup was awesome! I look forward to this type of fan experience as the on field product improves.
As for the national anthem ..... During the Grey it was great, and I had goosebumps .... Mind you I can be sentimental at times. I don't mind it at sporting events.
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