Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Has Instructed Team To Stop Playing National Anthem Before Games
Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Has Instructed Team To Stop Playing National Anthem Before Games
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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban revealed on Tuesday that he has instructed his team to stop playing the national anthem before all of its home games in the current season, a move that comes a few months after multiple players breached the NBA’s rulebook to kneel during the anthem in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and to protest against systemic racism in the U.S.
The billionaire owner said the decision to stop playing the anthem was taken by him and it had been made in November, but he declined to comment further, the New York Times reported.
According to ESPN, the decision was made after Cuban consulted with NBA commissioner Adam Silver, but the change had so far been implemented quietly as the anthem has not been played before any of their home games this season.
Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Has Instructed Team To Stop Playing National Anthem Before Games
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TOPLINE Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban revealed on Tuesday that he has instructed his team to stop playing the national anthem before all of its home games in the current season, a move that comes a few months after multiple players breached the NBA’s rulebook to kneel during the anthem in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and to protest against systemic racism in the U.S.
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KEY FACTS
The billionaire owner said the decision to stop playing the anthem was taken by him and it had been made in November, but he declined to comment further, the New York Times reported.
According to ESPN, the decision was made after Cuban consulted with NBA commissioner Adam Silver, but the change had so far been implemented quietly as the anthem has not been played before any of their home games this season.
Cuban was allowed to enact the move as the NBA has permitted teams to "run their pregame operations as they see fit” because of “the unique circumstances this season,” the Times report added.
The Mavericks do not plan on going back to playing the anthem before games in the future.
KEY BACKGROUND
The NBA’s rules require players to stand during the national anthem at games, but the league’s current commissioner, Adam Silver, recently said that the rule will not be strictly enforced during the current season. The league had chosen not to enforce the rule following the restart of its previous season behind closed doors at Walt Disney World after it had been paused by the Covid-19 outbreak. The season’s restart took place amidst mass protests across the United States in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and several top NBA stars decided to show their support by kneeling during the pre-game anthem. At the time, Cuban expressed support for the players’ decision to kneel and said he hoped to join them. So far, the Mavericks are the only team in the league who have stopped playing the national anthem. Other teams continue to play recorded versions of the anthem before games, which are taking place with several restrictions due to the pandemic.
CRUCIAL QUOTE
In July last year, Cuban wrote in a now deleted tweet: “The National Anthem Police in this country are out of control. If you want to complain, complain to your boss and ask why they don't play the National Anthem every day before you start work.”
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said Tuesday he decided before the season not to have the national anthem played before the team's home games.
The Mavericks played their first 10 regular-season home games at the American Airlines Center without fans. The club had fans for the first time in Monday's 127-122 win over Minnesota. Dallas is allowing 1,500 vaccinated essential workers to attend games for free.
Cuban didn't elaborate on his decision not to play the anthem, saying nobody had noticed. The Athletic was first to report that Dallas had dropped the anthem.
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said Tuesday he decided before this season began not to play the national anthem before the team’s home games.
The Mavericks played their first 10 regular-season home games without fans. The club had fans for the first time in Monday’s 127-122 win over Minnesota. Dallas is allowing 1,500 vaccinated essential workers to attend games for free.
Cuban didn’t elaborate on his decision not to play the anthem, saying nobody had noticed. The Athletic first reported that Dallas had dropped the anthem.
NBA spokesman Tim Frank said, “Under the unique circumstances of this season, teams are permitted to run their pregame operations as they see fit.”
Cuban was outspoken against critics of NBA players and coaches kneeling during “The Star-Spangled Banner” when the 2019-20 season resumed in the bubble in Florida last summer.
The pregame national anthem is a staple of American sports at both the professional and collegiate level, but is far less commonplace at pro sporting events in other countries.
The Dallas Mavericks have ceased playing the national anthem before home games at the direction of owner Mark Cuban, he confirmed to The Washington Post late Tuesday.
The Mavericks have not played the anthem in their first 13 preseason and regular season home games, breaking with a universal practice for professional sports in America — but one that has become fraught in recent years as athletes have seized on the moment to protest racial injustice and other causes.
Mark Cuban Confirms The Dallas Mavericks Won't Play National Anthem Anymore
franchise would no longer play the national anthem prior to his team's NBA home games. It's a long-standing tradition to play the anthem before home games in all major professional sports, and even all the way down to high school athletics.
Cuban said that will come to an end with the Mavericks.
The national anthem hasn't been played at any Mavericks games so far at the American Airlines Center this season—preseason or regular-season games. Cuban told ESPN that he consulted with NBA commissioner Adam Silver before letting the rest of the world know about his decision, ESPN reported.
Dallas Mavericks cease playing national anthem before games
Dallas Mavericks have stopped playing national anthem before home games at owner Mark Cuban's direction
Mark Cuban Says He Told Mavericks to Stop Playing Anthem
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