{"id":123212,"date":"2021-02-10T12:20:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=123212"},"modified":"2021-02-10T12:27:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:27:38","slug":"nbas-mavericks-no-longer-playing-national-anthem-before-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbas-mavericks-no-longer-playing-national-anthem-before-games\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA\u2019s Mavericks No Longer Playing National Anthem Before Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnbas-mavericks-no-longer-playing-national-anthem-before-games%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=123212&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mark-Cuban-e1612974008863.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The NBA&#8217;s Dallas Mavericks are no longer playing the national anthem before home games, owner Mark Cuban said Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cuban<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/30869922\/dallas-mavericks-stopped-playing-national-anthem-home-games-owner-mark-cuban-direction\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">confirmed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;to ESPN that his professional basketball franchise will no longer play the anthem, nor does he expect the team to do so in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Culture<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/culture\/mavericks-no-longer-playing-national-anthem-before-games\/\"><strong>NBA&#8217;s Mavericks No Longer Playing National Anthem Before Games<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/policy\/north-carolinas-first-black-lt-gov-leads-fight-against-radical-curriculum\/\"><strong>North Carolina&#8217;s First Black Lt. Gov. Leads Fight Against Radical Curriculum<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/policy\/bulletproof-backpack-makers-retailers-slam-new-york-confiscation-legislation\/\"><strong>Bulletproof Backpack Makers,&nbsp;Retailers&nbsp;Slam New York Confiscation Legislation<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Mavericks did not play the anthem\u2014a tradition in nearly every American professional sport\u2014during the preseason, nor during their 11 home games this season. The team did not announce the change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In both professional basketball and football, kneeling during the national anthem has caught fire as a form of protest against racism by players. The NBA mandates that players stand for the national anthem, but commissioner Adam Silver has not enforced the rule. Cuban made the decision after consulting with Silver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cuban, a billionaire business magnate,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/thetexan.news\/dallas-mavericks-owner-mark-cuban-defends-nbas-business-with-china\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">voiced<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">support for his players kneeling last year during a podcast with Megyn Kelly. On the podcast, Cuban also backed the NBA\u2019s controversial business ties with China, calling the country a &#8220;customer of ours.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;They are a customer of ours, and guess what, Megyn? I\u2019m okay with doing business with China,&#8221; Cuban said. &#8220;I wish I could solve all the world\u2019s problems \u2026 but we can\u2019t. So we have to pick our battles.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several NBA stars and coaches have come under fire for<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/lebron-james-houston-rockets-gm-was-not-educated-on-hong-kong\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rebuffing<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">criticism of China\u2019s takeover of Hong Kong and their general silence on human-rights issues in China. The league reaps more than $500 million in revenue from China each year and has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/culture\/nba-stays-quiet-on-chinese-slave-labor\/\">declined<\/a> to address new revelations regarding forced labor among Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA&#8217;s Dallas Mavericks are no longer playing the national anthem before home games, owner Mark Cuban said Tuesday. 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