{"id":2688301,"date":"2026-10-20T07:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T11:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wnba-proves-yet-again-why-patriots-loathe-it-as-players-refuse-to-take-court-during-national-anthem\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T07:40:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T11:40:01","slug":"wnba-proves-yet-again-why-patriots-loathe-it-as-players-refuse-to-take-court-during-national-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wnba-proves-yet-again-why-patriots-loathe-it-as-players-refuse-to-take-court-during-national-anthem\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Proves Yet Again Why Patriots Loathe It As Players Refuse to Take Court During National Anthem"},"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\">34<\/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-proves-yet-again-why-patriots-loathe-it-as-players-refuse-to-take-court-during-national-anthem%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=2688301&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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re officially supposed to care about the WNBA.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been told that by the media, anyway. If you don\u2019t watch women\u2019s sports on principle \u2014 not because they\u2019re boring, but because they tend, more often than not, to be a vehicle for some sort of political message \u2014 you\u2019re some kind of deplorable conserva-chud who needs to officially repent of your white supremacy and burn a picture of Shane Gillis for good measure.<\/p>\n<p>How dare you not be preached to?<\/p>\n<p>In all seriousness, the league does have a golden opportunity afforded to it by the hype Caitlin Clark and the draft class of 2024 created. Not that they like Clark \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/caitlin-clark-career-game-transgender-controversy-erupts-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">too much conservatism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-caitlin-clarks-suspension-reversed-refs-bizarre-technical-overturned-allegations-open-racism-flare-wnba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">too much privilege<\/a> \u2014 but the fact is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wnba-suffers-immediate-downturn-caitlin-clark-eliminated-playoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she\u2019s correlated with higher ratings<\/a>. Otherwise, 30 years into its run as a supposed major league, and nobody really cares about the WNBA.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday night, the league again showed you why.<\/p>\n<p>It should have been about the action on the court. The Atlanta Dream managed to even up the WNBA Finals at a game apiece, scoring a 79-65 win over the Golden State Valkyries. Angel Reese had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2026\/10\/19\/wnba-finals-game-2-atlanta-dream-golden-state-valkyries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30 points<\/a> for the Dream, and this time she didn\u2019t go viral for <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HouseLowlights\/status\/2111574102096183485\">missing<\/a> an easy layup. (Something Reese is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-angel-reese-hilariously-mocked-pick-game-nba-star-calls-biggest-flaw\/\">never, ever known to do<\/a>, of course.)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ANGEL REESE MADE HISTORY IN GAME 2 \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>She led the @AtlantaDream to their FIRST-EVER Finals win with a monster performance, dropping 30 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST &#038; 2 BLKS on 10-16 shooting!<\/p>\n<p>#WNBASeason30 | #2026WNBAFinals https:\/\/t.co\/YueB9Z7M1j<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WNBA (@WNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WNBA\/status\/2112382330325098978?\">October 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So that should have been the news. Instead, the Dream and the Valkyries made news for vacating the court during the national anthem \u2014 sung by Alanis Morissette \u2014 and then coming back on afterwards:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Same league. Same disrespect.<\/p>\n<p>The Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries skip the anthem AGAIN before Game 2 of the WNBA Finals, then stroll back out when it\u2019s over. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 https:\/\/t.co\/fWHzYGFyjt<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OutKick (@Outkick) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Outkick\/status\/2112335310205993226?\">October 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And yes, he said <em>again<\/em>. Here\u2019s what they did for Game 1 on Saturday, from Dan Zaksheske of conservative sports outlet OutKick:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Both the Dream and the Valkyries left the court prior to the playing of the National Anthem before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals. https:\/\/t.co\/rqxDUvZwoQ<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Zaksheske (@RealDanZak) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealDanZak\/status\/2111541039312097668?\">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>Zaksheske said 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\">OutKick<\/a> piece after Game 1 that this could hardly be construed as accidental, given the history of the league and the teams in the Finals.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>In its Aug. 2, 2020, game notes, Atlanta included messaging from the WNBA players\u2019 union explaining anthem protests. The statement said \u201cthe anthem does not represent freedom, justice and liberty for all Americans\u201d and indicated that protests would continue in different forms.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That 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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But the timing was. If this was about pregame preparation, what required both teams to be off the floor for those two minutes?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah, gosh, I wonder why.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/wnba-remains-silent-amid-national-134634921.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Men\u2019s Journal<\/a> noted after the Game 1 debacle, the WNBA rulebook actually addresses this, requiring players and other personnel \u201cto 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>According to the Monday report in Men\u2019s Journal, the league hadn\u2019t issued a statement after the first game. Don\u2019t expect them to issue one after Monday night\u2019s game, either.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, look \u2014 celebrities showed up!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A star-studded event \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n<p>Check out the stars that popped out to the Bay for Game 2!<\/p>\n<p>#WNBASeason30 | #2026WNBAFinals https:\/\/t.co\/r8RcqbxgSR<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WNBA (@WNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WNBA\/status\/2112395392608342413?\">October 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Celebs! Rejoice, plebs: Your superiors have shown up to pump up the woke factor!<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate together with entertainment royalty, and let the ladies thumb their noses at the country that not only allows them to make obscene amounts of money playing basketball, but insists that they must be paid those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wnba-star-stuck-russian-prison-msnbc-columnist-says-gender-pay-equity-us-part-reason\/\">obscene salaries no matter how bankable the WNBA is<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>What are you \u2014 some kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@whitfieldlarrabee\/how-to-deal-with-magats-eea50d0af0e6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAGA-t<\/a>?!<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s basically the subtext. America got it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You don\u2019t hate the WNBA enough!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LangmanVince\/status\/2112353046701154322?\">October 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This entire league is a joke.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D. (@neoavatara) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/neoavatara\/status\/2112381189365313819?\">October 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nobody cares. Nobody watches this garbage. And now I have another reason not to.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mooney Owns You (@MooneyOwnsYou) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MooneyOwnsYou\/status\/2112369366780219823?\">October 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is why nobody watches the WNBA absent Caitlin Clark, and why nobody ever will: It\u2019s effectively an NBA-sponsored sinecure for a coven of wokeistas high on their own groupthink.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s like if roughly 250 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-megan-rapinoe-squirms-confronted-hypocrisy-regarding-trans-athletes-girls-sports\/\">Megan Rapinoes<\/a> were allowed to touch the ball with their hands.<\/p>\n<p>And we\u2019re supposed to care about this like it\u2019s the NBA, if we listen to the media. Meanwhile, the league just spits in our collective faces, as a nation.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019d think the WNBA had run out of ways to loathe heartland America \u2014 but they keep coming up with them, and repeating them if they\u2019re successful at offending us.<\/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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