In anticipation of the start of the new season in the NBA, the authorities of the league sent a letter to all clubs that all players and he entire professional staff should stand while the US and Canadian national anthem are intonation.
The NBA threatened that if this rule is not respected, appropriate sanctions would follow.
In this way, the NBA wants to ensure that there will not be a repeat of the NFL league scene in which the killing of the quorum player Colin Kopernik during the national anthem in protest against what the state's injustice to black people and the brutality of the police . With him, many players are solidifying and following his example.
Also, the NBA players' attitude towards the authorities is not the best. Recently, it was decided that the Golden State Warriors champion would not visit the White House, as one of the team's stars Steph Curry refused to do so in protest of President Donald Trump.
The new season in the NBA starts on October 18.
You are stating facts, which I appreciate. But I want to know people's thoughts about it. What are yours?
I will not stand on the anthem, and in that way I will respect the flag of the country that oppresses blacks and people of other skin color
Nice. I don't understand why people get so offended, honestly. Maybe it's because I am not from the US and I don't share that patriotic feeling, but I think it is a perfectly fine way of peaceful protest.
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