CBS Follows ESPNs Lead NOT Airing National Anthem

CBS Follows ESPNs Lead NOT Airing National Anthem

It looks like the only place to hear the national anthem from now on is at the game.

ESPN and now CBS will no longer televise the national anthem due to NFL players kneeling and Trump is blowing his lid over it!

ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro announced that the Worldwide Leader In Sports wouldn’t televise the National Anthem on MNF.

Now, CBS follows ESPN and their lead since Trump has used his Presidency against the NFL. Read on…

CBS Follows ESPNs Lead NOT Airing National AnthemCelebNSports247.com has the latest from ESPN who released this statement:

We generally have not broadcast the anthem and I don’t think that will change this year. 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.

Of course, President Donald Trump ripped the network apart for not “defending our flag.”

It was just announced by ESPN that rather than defending our anthem, our beautiful beautiful beautiful national anthem, and defending our flag, they’ve decided they they just won’t broadcast when they play the national anthem. We don’t like that.” “The ESPN thing was terrible.”

While Trump’s faled to influence NFL fans, Americans or ESPN to listen to him.

USA Today reached out to several prominent network reps to find out their plans were with the national anthem when it came to their football game telecasts.

A CBS Sports spokesperson told USA TODAY Sports the two are does not planning to televise the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner as part of its weekly NFL broadcasts:

Consistent with our past practices, we do not plan to show the anthem live. We will be prepared to cover any story that is newsworthy as it develops.

Fox Sports:

A person familiar with Fox Sports’ approach said the network plans to show the anthem only during what it considers to be special broadcasts — including on Veterans Day and Thanksgiving and during the playoffs. The person requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue.

via TPS

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