ESPN will not broadcast anthem before Monday Night Football

[Vikergirl]

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/10306...08128?s=19

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Then I will not watch monday night football this season.

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I dont think they have been prior to this statement coming out, have they?  

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Have they ever? 

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Yes.  When I watch games live I have often found  myself stopping what ii am doing for the anthem during pregame activities. 

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@JimmyinSD said:
Yes.  When I watch games live I have often found  myself stopping what ii am doing for the anthem during pregame activities. 

"We generally have not broadcasted the anthem and I don't think that will change this year," he said. "Our plan going into this year is to not broadcast the anthem … again that could change. It's unpredictable what could happen in the world but as of now, we're not. We have communicated that back to the NFL."

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so theyre going to do more commercials!!!

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They mostly went away from showing it for many years on all broadcasts in favor of shoving in a few more commercials.  I think the main reason its on now is to cover the drama the kneeling has brought about.

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@MaroonBells said:

@JimmyinSD said:
Yes.  When I watch games live I have often found  myself stopping what ii am doing for the anthem during pregame activities. 

"We generally have not broadcasted the anthem and I don't think that will change this year," he said. "Our plan going into this year is to not broadcast the anthem … again that could change. It's unpredictable what could happen in the world but as of now, we're not. We have communicated that back to the NFL."

I stand corrected (see what I did there)

I know some are broadcast, apparently not mnf though. 

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@JimmyinSD said:
Then I will not watch monday night football this season.

then you must not have watched a lot of football previous to 9/11