Quote:The Dallas Mavericks have taken a stance against the playing of the national anthem.

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban confirmed to The Athletic that it was his decision to no longer play the national anthem prior to home games at American Airlines Center. The Mavericks haven’t played the national anthem prior to home games this season, and the team doesn’t plan on playing it for the foreseeable future.

The Mavericks, who have an 11-14 record, have played 12 games at their home arena this season. They haven’t played the national anthem in any of their 13 preseason games, as well as those 12 regular-season matchups, including Monday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, which was the first game with a small number of fans in the stands.

Cuban and the Mavericks didn’t publicize the removal of the national anthem prior to games, but The Athletic reached out to the team after realizing that it wasn’t played before Monday’s matchup. A number of team employees only noticed the removal of the anthem on their own, according to The Athletic. They also said that it was not announced or explained internally.

The Athletic reported that Cuban declined a request for further comment or explanation Monday evening. The Mavericks organization also declined comment Tuesday, per the website.

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Mark Cuban, another commie with only himself to think about.

Pope

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The players also refuse to wear flag pins. The horror.
They probably should banned from playing basketball. This is beyond ridiculous. Do the mavericks have no shame. I'm appalled. Believe me.

(02-10-2021 01:12 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  The players also refuse to wear flag pins. The horror.
They probably should banned from playing basketball. This is beyond ridiculous. Do the mavericks have no shame. I'm appalled. Believe me.

Tell that to a Vet's face...you friggin ingrate.

(02-10-2021 01:05 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Quote:The Dallas Mavericks have taken a stance against the playing of the national anthem.

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban confirmed to The Athletic that it was his decision to no longer play the national anthem prior to home games at American Airlines Center.

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Mark Cuban, another commie with only himself to think about.

Mark Cuban is deep in bed with Communist China, so why should anyone expect him to care about America or American citizens?

They really dont deserve to play it anyway, the commie filth

Wow, the NBA stepped in and said all teams will play it.

(02-10-2021 02:38 PM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  Wow, the NBA stepped in and said all teams will play it.

The NBA realizes that they F'd up going all-in on the BLM, anti-American bull****. Their ratings were awful, and they will likely still be for a while. They have to work to earn back the trust of their American viewers.

(02-10-2021 02:38 PM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  Wow, the NBA stepped in and said all teams will play it.

Great.

So now players can kneel or turn their back to the flag or do whatever SJW, woke, attention grabbing thing they can do to have sympathetic media go on about how "brave" they are for making a "statement."

wow, the Commish lives. I do find it funny that even the NBA didn't know they hadn't played it all year.

Not so fast Mark

Dallas Mavericks To Resume Playing National Anthem Following Pushback From The NBA

(02-10-2021 04:05 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Not so fast Mark

Dallas Mavericks To Resume Playing National Anthem Following Pushback From The NBA

Quote:"With NBA teams now in the process of welcoming fans back into their arenas, all teams will play the national anthem in keeping with longstanding league policy," said NBA Chief Communications Officer Mike Bass in a statement on Wednesday.

After the NBA issued its stance, a Mavericks representative told NPR, "The anthem will play before tonight's game."

Cuban also issued his own statement:

"We respect and always have respected the passion people have for the anthem and our country. I have always stood for the anthem with the hand over my heart – no matter where I hear it played. But we also hear the voices of those who do not feel the anthem represents them. We feel they also need to be respected and heard, because they have not been heard. The hope is that those who feel passionate about the anthem being played will be just as passionate in listening to those who do not feel it represents them."

Those who do not feel it represents them should find the nearest airport and fly to another country.

Sports is unwatchable anymore. I have watched 2 UC basketball games this season. Maybe 5-6 Bengal games just to check out Burrow. The NBA should just pick up and move to China.

(02-10-2021 04:51 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Sports is unwatchable anymore. I have watched 2 UC basketball games this season. Maybe 5-6 Bengal games just to check out Burrow. The NBA should just pick up and move to China.

Well yea, the Bearcats are pretty unwatchable this year.

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The NBA is the worst when it comes to unwatchable. Five guys throwing the ball around until somebody jacks up a 3 is like watching a game of H-O-R-S-E.

The NFL is worse in person than on TV. You don't get instant replays, at least not as many. And those endless commercial breaks when you go to the bathroom or get another beer from the fridge, the folks in the stadium are doing absolutely nothing. It really does combine the two worst aspects of American society--mass violence interrupted by committee meetings.

Not a big deal I haven't watched that $hit show in decades.

(02-10-2021 06:06 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  The NBA is the worst when it comes to unwatchable. Five guys throwing the ball around until somebody jacks up a 3 is like watching a game of H-O-R-S-E.

The NFL is worse in person than on TV. You don't get instant replays, at least not as many. And those endless commercial breaks when you go to the bathroom or get another beer from the fridge, the folks in the stadium are doing absolutely nothing. It really does combine the two worst aspects of American society--mass violence interrupted by committee meetings.

You don't notice how long the breaks are until you're sitting in the stadium waiting for the TV ref to give the ready to play signal.

(02-10-2021 06:06 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  The NBA is the worst when it comes to unwatchable. Five guys throwing the ball around until somebody jacks up a 3 is like watching a game of H-O-R-S-E.

The NFL is worse in person than on TV. You don't get instant replays, at least not as many. And those endless commercial breaks when you go to the bathroom or get another beer from the fridge, the folks in the stadium are doing absolutely nothing. It really does combine the two worst aspects of American society--mass violence interrupted by committee meetings.

It got better for a while, but now it is no more interesting than the Rockets two man game when Olajuwon was there. One guard throws it back and forth to Olajuwon and the other 3 stand on the opposite side of the court to force the other team to show they were playing (what was then) an illegal zone defense.

It's shameful that Cuban is being censored by the NBA.