NBA to Mark Cuban: You’re playing the National Anthem before games per new mandate

Sara Carter |

Feb 10, 2021

NBA billionaire Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was rebuked by the NBA Wednesday, after Cuban announced that he would no longer play the National Anthem before games. Cuban didn’t exactly explain why he had made that decision but it drew criticism from people across the country.

The NBA shot back Wednesday afternoon mandating that all teams must play the “national anthem before each game” in “keeping with longstanding tradition.”

Cuban told the New York Times sports page Wednesday that he’s “good with the decision.”

I’m grateful the crisis was resolved but it’s strange that Cuban made the decision to exclude the U.S. National Anthem in the first place.

Full statement from the NBA on mandating all teams to play the national anthem: pic.twitter.com/VeCIxLCpew
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) February 10, 2021

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to @NYTSports on the league's decision to mandate the playing of the national anthem before games: "We are good with it."
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) February 10, 2021

BREAKING: The NBA is requiring that all teams play the national anthem before games "in keeping with longstanding league policy," just one day after Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told The Athletic the team decided not to play it at home games.

Cuban's Response: We are good with it
— Wayne Dupree Media, LLC (@WayneDupreeShow) February 10, 2021

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