With athletes, cheerleaders and singers across the nation now commonly dissing Old Glory, The Chicago Tribune suggests it’s not even appropriate for corporations to play the national anthem at sporting events. On The Town Editor Kevin Williams argues the Star Spangled Banner is getting the disrespect it deserves because it shouldn’t be used at sporting events owned by private businesses.
In an editorial Williams wrote “if we didn’t put the anthem where it doesn’t belong, maybe people wouldn’t use it in the wrong way.”
But who gets to determine a right and wrong way or the proper time and place for the national anthem? Attaching the Star Spangled Banner to sporting events is a long and cherished tradition in this country. Sports fans obviously love the pre-game ceremony and see it as part of the ball park and American experiences.
With disgruntled leftists trashing that tradition, it only follows that, instead of finding fault with them, their media friends would try to justify this poor behavior. Williams’ justification is to claim that playing the anthem at sports events is inappropriate.
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