NFL ratings and poor officiating

[grampahol]

So if it should be required to stand for the flag or national anthem then shouldn't it also be required that every citizen to watch every televised game where the anthem and flag is on display?  Hardly. Feel free to wrap yourself in the flag all you like, but it's not a requirement and never will be nor should it be. While you might feel that your patriotism ought to entitle you to special consideration plenty of people have died who would disagree.
My own father served 4 years in the US Marine corps and all but one of his 5 children served too, myself included as well as his father. Yet, because he was born at home and delivered by a midwife as was common in 1928 and was never issued a birth certificate he is now ineligible to vote in South Carolina after having voted most of his life . Try telling my dad he has to stand for the flag and a song. Good luck with that. 
And by the way, how about a list of every foreign nation's domestic policies regarding requirements to stand for flags and songs.. I hear that type of tripe tossed around, but I never see the lists nor those policies.