05-24-2018, 07:34 PM
(05-24-2018, 05:21 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I'm going to feel old man clicheist about this, but if all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you do it, too?
Edit: also, could that be because it's a league rule for the NBA and MLB (and NHL) as well?
Another edit: Here is an article talking a little about this: http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2016/08/31/the-star-spangled-banners-place-in-sports-peter-may
Honestly, if they stop playing it at sporting events, I wouldn't care.
If they do play it, I'd prefer everyone (especially players) stand and not make a spectacle/mockery of it.
Regardless of their intent, it doesn't change the effect.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
