Breaking News TMZ.com 11:06 AM PT — The NBA will force Mark Cuban to overturn his new anthem policy … saying Wednesday the Mavericks now MUST play the song in accordance with the league’s “longstanding” rules. “With NBA teams now in the process of welcoming fans back into their arenas,” NBA exec Mike Bass said in a statement, “all teams will play the national anthem in keeping with longstanding league policy.” The pregame ritual will now presumably return to Dallas on Wednesday, when the Atlanta Hawks visit the Mavs at American Airlines Center. Mark Cuban has axed national anthems from the Dallas Mavericks’ pregame routines this season … saying Tuesday night, “It was my decision.” Cuban added in a message to the New York Times , “I made it in November.” The NBA owner declined to further explain the choice … but it seems clear, Cuban is preferring to have his team avoid all the controversy that’s come with the song’s playing over the last few years. You’ll recall … after Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the NFL’s playing of anthems in 2016 to protest police brutality and racial injustice in America — critics, including Donald Trump , slammed the… Read full this story
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