This is one I forgot to write about yesterday:
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Sports in America start with the national anthem. The Dolphins- Steelers game was an exception. Rushing to begin the nationally televised matchup following a 25- minute weather delay, the NFL chose to skip the anthem Monday night before Miami played Pittsburgh. The game started without any of the traditional pregame ceremonies, except the coin toss, and neither team was introduced on the public address system.
Doing away with it at all games would be OK with me. It doesn”t have a thing to do with patriotism. Well, I guess it does, in a way: It cheapens patriotism, and makes the anthem less special than it should be when it is played on more appropriate occasions. There was no fan reaction to Monday’s omission, and no veterans groups seemed to have complained.
November 28, 2007 at 11:23 am
Takes me back to a time when they played GOD BLESS AMERICA (Kate Smith) at FLYERS hockey games…and almost every time they played it…Philly WON.
Imagine that.
B.G.