First, my intention with this site was stay close to facts and things that can be easily measured and therefore not get too “controversial”. However, I am opinionated and the eventual direction of this site was to expand into all areas of everything, so here we go.
As a kid, we would go to about a couple baseball games a year. The anthem signified that the game was about the start. It wasn’t important to be in your seats by then, but it meant that if you hadn’t made it to your seat, you were going to miss something. I also loved the Olympics. That is where the anthem meant something. I would give anything to be standing on the podium and having The Star Spangled Banner ringing throughout the venue.