{"id":2687975,"date":"2026-10-19T19:11:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T23:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wnba-finals-begin-with-both-teams-showing-utter-contempt-for-the-united-states\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T19:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T23:11:57","slug":"wnba-finals-begin-with-both-teams-showing-utter-contempt-for-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wnba-finals-begin-with-both-teams-showing-utter-contempt-for-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Finals Begin with Both Teams Showing Utter Contempt for the United States"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fwnba-finals-begin-with-both-teams-showing-utter-contempt-for-the-united-states%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=2687975&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--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Both the Atlanta Dream and the Golden State Valkyries left the court immediately before the national anthem on Saturday night during the WNBA finals at Chase Center in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>They returned two minutes later, after the singer, Goapele, finished.<\/p>\n<p>The conduct was, of course, very unpatriotic and appears to be a violation of the 2026 WNBA rulebook, which <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.wnba.com\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/2026-WNBA-Official-Rule-Book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">states<\/a>, \u201cPlayers, coaches, and trainers are to stand and line up in a dignified posture along the sidelines or on the foul line during the playing of the National Anthem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outkick\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wnba-suddenly-needs-time-evaluate-men-competing-league-wasnt-confused-resurfaced-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Zaksheske<\/a> posted on X, \u201cBoth the Dream and the Valkyries left the court prior to the playing of the National Anthem before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then noted, \u201cBoth teams also returned to the floor seconds after the anthem concluded. They literally left the floor for only the two minutes the anthem was played.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuess that\u2019s just part of the pregame routine though,\u201d Zaksheske added, with a shoulder shrugging emoji.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Both teams also returned to the floor seconds after the anthem concluded. They literally left the floor for only the two minutes the anthem was played.<\/p>\n<p>Guess that\u2019s just part of the pregame routine though \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/mCuhfVMtQL<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Zaksheske (@RealDanZak) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealDanZak\/status\/2111541566401900711?\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He pointed out in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/dream-valkyries-leave-court-national-anthem-return-seconds-later-wnba-finals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion piece<\/a> for Fox News, \u201cIn its Aug. 2, 2020, game notes, Atlanta included messaging from the WNBA players\u2019 union explaining anthem protests. The statement said \u2018the anthem does not represent freedom, justice and liberty for all Americans\u2019 and indicated that protests would continue in different forms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat statement was made six years ago, during the 2020 WNBA season. The reasons for Atlanta\u2019s and Golden State\u2019s absences Saturday were not immediately clear,\u201d Zaksheske said.<\/p>\n<p>He rightly observed that it\u2019s hard to imagine what pre-game prep could take place over the course of two minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Zaksheske concluded, \u201cAnd if your pregame routine requires leaving the court for the national anthem, it\u2019s time for a new routine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outkick\u2019s Jon Root responded to the teams\u2019 decision, posting on X, \u201cThis is anti-American, disgraceful behavior\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonor our country &#038; those that sacrificed their lives by standing for the national anthem on the court for 1 min. Shame on these women,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is anti-American, disgraceful behavior\u2026<\/p>\n<p>No wonder so many sports fans can\u2019t stand this left-wing political activist league.<\/p>\n<p>Honor our country &#038; those that sacrificed their lives by standing for the national anthem on the court for 1 min.<\/p>\n<p>Shame on these women.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonnyRoot_\/status\/2111632680806973880?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Seriously, what is wrong with these women and the WBNA for failing to enforce its own rule?<\/p>\n<p>As I highlight in my book, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0H6GH4VPN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We Hold These Truths<\/a>: The Two Beliefs That Still Hold the Power to Transform the Nation and the World,\u201d there is so much about America of which to be proud. And most relevant here: There is no country in human history that has done more to secure the rights of women and of minorities.<\/p>\n<p>Further, the United States has been at the forefront of making that happen, in both cases, and ahead of its former mother country, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/left-attacks-july-fourth-piers-morgan-issues-fiery-warning-great-britain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Britain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. secured the universal right of women to vote in 1920 (and many states did so before that), while in the U.K., it took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/about\/living-heritage\/transformingsociety\/electionsvoting\/womenvote\/case-study-the-right-to-vote\/the-right-to-vote\/birmingham-and-the-equal-franchise\/1928-equal-franchise-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">until 1928<\/a> to make that happen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My new book, \u201cWe Hold These Truths: The Two Beliefs That Still Hold the Power to Transform the Nation and the World,\u201d is out, and it could not be more timely with #America250 and the rise of socialism. The book hits key moments in US history from the founding to today! https:\/\/t.co\/6Vtf01SSQe<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Randy DeSoto (@RandyDeSoto) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RandyDeSoto\/status\/2070272117816602675?\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Further, the first emancipations in the U.S. took place during the Revolutionary War in individual states like Pennsylvania, and in all the northern states by the early 1800s. No other governments in the world were doing that at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Britain did not outlaw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-mamdani-open-forcing-new-yorkers-pay-cash-reparations-slavery-says-complicit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slavery<\/a> until 1831. And as Root noted, hundreds of thousands of Americans gave their lives during the Civil War in the early 1860s to end slavery in the U.S., well ahead of most other nations in the world. That is to say nothing of the millions killed, wounded, and missing in other wars so the U.S. could remain \u201cthe land of the free and the home of the brave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These women should also be proud of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/60s-civil-rights-activist-dismisses-reparations-must-heal-black-america-not-punish-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Civil Rights Act<\/a> of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and Title IX in 1972, the latter of which prohibited sex-based discrimination in education and sports.<\/p>\n<p>Title IX is one of the main reasons we have a WNBA and U.S. women <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/caitlin-clark-leads-team-usa-win-china-despite-left-starting-lineup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dominating<\/a> the world stage in sports.<\/p>\n<p>If these women playing in the WNBA Finals have some current beef against the United States or its leadership, they should stand courtside for the anthem anyway, for all the opportunities the country has afforded them and the price that has been paid to make that possible.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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