I still really don't understand why they play the national anthem before every single sporting event I see or go to. I'm glad Dak said what he said, but I hate the fact that athletes even have to deal with these kinds of questions. I've done some research and understand how it all got started, but I still don't understand why they sing the national anthem at every sporting event. We don't see this anywhere else that is not associated with the military.

Sports and patriotism going together is a forced concept. They don't necessarily have anything to do with each other except when countries face off against each other in events like the Olympics.

I don't sing the national anthem before work. I don't sing it at church. It's not played when I wake up in the morning. They don't play it before movies, or TV shows. As a matter of fact, I pretty much never hear the national anthem except for before sporting events.

You can be a great and valuable athlete or sports fan and not sing the national anthem before a game. Just because you're participating in an activity while being in america doesn't mean the national anthem should be played before hand. And just because it once made sense doesn't mean it still makes sense.

The question, or point I'm trying to make, has nothing to do with Colin's or Dak's or any other athletes handling of these situations. Why are athletes even having to deal with this sh*t when no one else does? They're just trying to go to work or play a game.