{"id":123634,"date":"2021-02-10T13:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T18:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=123634"},"modified":"2021-02-10T16:28:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:28:09","slug":"dallas-mavericks-owner-mark-cuban-slammed-for-removal-of-national-anthem-at-start-of-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dallas-mavericks-owner-mark-cuban-slammed-for-removal-of-national-anthem-at-start-of-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban slammed for removal of national anthem at start of 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\">30<\/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%2Fdallas-mavericks-owner-mark-cuban-slammed-for-removal-of-national-anthem-at-start-of-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=123634&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 id=\"attachment_2370451\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2370451\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2370451 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21041736678282-607x437.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban arrives at the NBA Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., in this Monday, June 24, 2019, file photo. The NBA said Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, the national anthem will be played in arenas \u201cin keeping with longstanding league policy\u201d after Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban revealed he had decided not to play it before his team&#039;s home games this season. (Photo by Richard Shotwell\/Invision\/AP, File)\" width=\"607\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2370451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban arrives at the NBA Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., in this Monday, June 24, 2019, file photo. The NBA said Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, the national anthem will be played in arenas \u201cin keeping with longstanding league policy\u201d after Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban revealed he had decided not to play it before his team\u2019s home games this season. (Photo by Richard Shotwell\/Invision\/AP, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:18 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, February 10, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is faced with backlash after ordering the national anthem no longer be played at the start of home games.<\/p>\n<p>Critics took to Twitter to bash Cuban this week with some questioning why it was more important to play in an empty arena than pledge allegiance to your country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine thinking that playing a sport in an empty arena is more important than your allegiance to the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wlSBDNXXPP\">https:\/\/t.co\/wlSBDNXXPP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Holmes (@HolmesJosh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HolmesJosh\/status\/1359478119082655749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While no official announcement had been made on the move, Cuban confirmed it was his decision and the song would not be played in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about Joe Biden\u2019s response to the anthem\u2019s removal, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki failed to condemn the move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell I haven\u2019t spoken with the President on the decision by Mark Cuba, or should I say the National Anthem, but I know he\u2019s incredibly proud to be an American and has great respect for the anthem and all that it represents,\u201d she stated. \u201cHe would also say that, of course, that part of pride in our country means recognizing moments where we as a country haven\u2019t lived up to our highest ideals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the NBA has issued a statement noting all teams will play the anthem at the start of games part of keeping with longstanding league policy. Cuban has since responded to the decision by saying, \u201cwe are good with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full statement from the NBA on mandating all teams to play the national anthem: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VeCIxLCpew\">pic.twitter.com\/VeCIxLCpew<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSteinLine\/status\/1359577291760627713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/biden-makes-creepy-advances-on-covid-nurse-lies-about-vaccines\/\">Biden makes creepy advances on COVID nurse, lies about vaccines<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893132,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6154,6262,5200,6114,6263,5151],"class_list":["post-123634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cuban","tag-dallas","tag-mark","tag-mavericks","tag-owner","tag-slammed"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}