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I am on the verge of giving up all sports.  It was always an escape from stresses of life.  But now they are all disrespecting a flag I gave 20 years of service for and too many gave their lives for.  

Thank You ThunderMav, for your service to our country. 

Maybe the NBA could explore not playing the National Anthem at the start of games in Orlando?  What's the need?  There will not be any fans in the stands.  And multiple games will be played on the same courts back to back to back.  I wonder what will be worse for the NBA, loosing fans for not playing the Anthem or loosing fans because the players take a knee?

Again, Thank You for your service...

Thank you for the kind words.  And I 100% agree with you, if sports would play it while players are in locker room its win/win.  Players can kneel or do whatever they want and fans can honor and respect flag without all the distractions.  Then players could go out in own time and do all they want.  That would be the perfect resolution.  I’d rather have no NA played than played and disrespected.

You do understand that the players kneeling was a public protest and not just because they like kneeling during the national anthem right?  They aren't kneeling because they don't like the flag, they are kneeling because they want you and everyone else to know why they are kneeling.  If you know why, and think that the symbol of the flag means more to you than police killing black people means to them then I think that's pretty selfish.