Posted on 08/18/2018 4:34:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Playing our national anthem before a professional football game is incidental to the game just as much as having some dignitary toss the first pitch before a baseball game gets underway.
Such preliminaries have zero affect in the quality of play, the amount of beer consumed and spilled in the stands, and the paychecks earned by a team's players--whether they win or lose.
Why, then, is it played and/or sung before NFL games?
Short answer: money.
(There is also a long answer which some FReepers may be able to supply.)
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We won’t watch ESPN!
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