re: Why is the national anthem even played at sporting events?

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you will never be able to convince me that we need to play it at every fricking JV high school soccer game, for example

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I had to referee a high school soccer game at a small private school south of Montgomery. All the players were on the field and I was about to blow the whistle to kick off when they started playing the national anthem. Legit made me mad.