There’s one thing that people on every side of the national anthem debate should agree on about the pregame tradition of singing the anthem: Up until Colin Kaepernick made it a big deal, few people still thought that it was a big deal. As of August of last year, the anthem was not being given respect in the way that it is currently being represented by the millions of Americans who claim to be appalled by those who choose to sit, kneel or make a statement of protest during the song’s moment of attention before every NFL game. All of a sudden, countless football fans claim that those two-and-a-half minutes before the game is actually more important than the game itself. Some fans now claim they’ll tune out and stop watching altogether because owners and commissioner Roger Goodell would dare “allow” players to do anything other than fall in line, regardless of how peaceful the protest may be. Even Donald Trump, a noted longtime football fan who owned a USFL team in the mid-1980s and eventually led the charge to that league’s quick demise by challenging the NFL for a quick buck, thought it his duty to implore his supporters… Read full this story
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