I'm confused, why do they have to sing the anthem? Isn't standing quietly at attention sufficient?
Megyn Kelly, Jesse Waters, etc. are pumping the airwaves with anti-American messages. Protesting is not anti-American. I'm wary of those that try to limit speech and tell us where the "appropriate venues" for protest are. There's a difference between boycotting the USWNT and actively rooting against them.
Sure, but since when is singing a requirement. They are standing quietly. That has always been sufficient
I've got to admit, I was misinformed. I had thought the team was refusing to stand for the anthem, as they have in the past. That's not true, as US Soccer passed a rule awhile back that they have to at least stand. I find it personally distasteful that so many of the players are looking angry, not putting their hands on their hearts, bowing their heads or looking at the flag, but that's not as blatantly disrespectful as kneeling and protesting outwardly. Similarly, apparently there's a tradition among various national teams to sing the anthem, but I'm not holding the squad to that standard.
So, I'll now root against the team because the same players who knelt in the past are still on the team, and because the team is still overtly political and anti-patriotic. But, at least Hope Solo is no longer on the team, and Rapinoe seems to be on her way out.