If you are like me, the NFL died years ago for you, and tonight’s season opener on ESPN amounts to nothing but a hill of beans. Still some people even pissed off about the respect privileged, millionaire athletes have, will still watch. So be prepared tonight. If you plan to watch the NFL on ESPN, there will be no Star Spangled Banner. Instead, you’ll get a singing of what’s called the “black national anthem” with Black Lives Matter propaganda all throughout the game. I really hope those of you who choose to watch enjoy it.
You can bet that the snot nosed, millionaire players wouldn’t be kneeling for this.
| NFL season opens tonight – ESPN will only televise “Black National Anthem”, not Star-Spangled Banner |
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The players have said they will protest and, if they do, ESPN says they will televise it.
Normally ESPN only shows the honor guard and singing of the Star-Spangled Banner prior to games. However, for their opening Monday Night Football double-header, ESPN will also televise the “black national anthem,” a song known as Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing. In addition, the network will also “show social justice movements, actions, as they happen.”
“Our policy is to cover the anthem when it’s newsworthy. That’s not going to change,” ESPN Executive Vice President of Event and Studio Production Stephanie Druley told reporters. “We are going to continue as we’ve done with the NBA and the WNBA. We will cover social justice movements, actions, as they happen. We’re not going to shy away from that.”
Druley stressed that ESPN does not view the social justice protests as being political.
“Look, we’re going to keep our main rule, which is when it intersects with sports, we’re going to cover it, and look, we don’t see the social justice movement as being political. It’s social justice,” said Druley. She can’t say if they’ll show the anthem for half the season or just two of 10 games. “I don’t know. We will make a judgment call every week. But I can tell you that Week 1, that first game, you will see the anthem — and you will see ‘Lift Every Voice.’”