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Originally Posted by maggie1
Pretty song, but by the time it ends (three minutes +), I'm afraid I'd be at the concession stand for another hot dog and beer. I wonder just how man of the athletes that now take a knee during the National Anthem even know the words to this song? And while we are destined to hear it before sporting events, and by repitition maybe even sing along to it, it should never be played before our National Anthem. We don't dip our flag to host countries during the Olympics, nor do we allow other flags to hoist higher than Old Glory.
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You are going to hear it before the first regular season game only. Once unless you watch several first games from different teams. As to your suggestion that it should never be played before the SSB, you have it wrong. Example when a National Hockey League game is played in the US, they play Oh Canada first and the SSB last. The SSB is the last event before the beginning of the game. That explains the old joke What are the last 2 words of the SSB? Play Ball.