GottaRun

Was the best message board discussion I've seen in ages.

All I see is some kind of blue/white/red QB's, same as the other positions. Color goes out the window once the whistle blows.

I doubt any of them were asked.

Some certainly do appreciate it, some sing, some cover their hearts, but that doesn't mean it belongs at domestic sporting events. Every game I hear 'take your hat off !@#$' being yelled at other fans, I see people far more caught up in their cell phones, beer etc.. I don't think faking respect for the anthem beats sitting down for it. And there sure have been some great moments where Canadian/American fans have sung the anthems when the speaker systems have failed in arenas, but you're introducing a situation with two anthems and two different countries* not the same as an NFL game. *hockey games between Toronto and Buffalo involved in the same league, representing two cities, not countries, but I get your point.

I still don't get why National anthems are played before domestic sporting events in Canada and the USA. The anthems make sense when countries are competing, Olympics, World Cups, CONCACAF soccer tournaments etc... but they make no sense to me when an American football team is playing an American football team. When I was young the anthem was played before movies and before the school day started. That has since stopped. Why do sporting events hold onto to this? As for the Buffalo Bills 10 - 15K of the fans are from Canada, of the remaining 58K that are likely Americans a great number can't be bothered to remove their hats, stop talking, texting, taking photos, going on beer runs etc... What's the difference between any of this and a guy sitting down? I don't see widespread respect of the anthem from fans black, white or otherwise at games. Many just endure the anthem and wait for it to be over, or perhaps to hope for a fly over. I'd like to see the anthem playing stopped at domestic sporting events.

I'm terribly out of the loop. Is this a BLM slogan?

Maybe not that one.

National anthems before sporting events are a waste of time. Choose a team anthem and be done with it.

You know, he might be going to rehab because he wants to kick pot. Just putting it out there in the realm of possibility.

After complaining that we weren't even good that year but the NFL rigged it for us to win in the interest of league parity.

+1 like the new sign and like the sponsor.

Seems to be more of a 'why your fan's suck' than 'why your team sucks'. Was hoping for better, we suck enough to be funnier.

Old man - For our 25th anniversary my wife asked for a trip to Italy. For our 50th I decided to bring her back.

Except I'm talking about me, and it was never Rich Stadium for me :-)

Just like the Rogers centre in Toronto will always be the SkyDome to me, the Ralph will always be the Ralph.

I expect the Bills to be in comfortable control of this game from opening kickoff until late in the 4th quarter. Then some unimaginable chaos happens and we lose.

We had to bring in Bush for those 4 games. We didn't 'already' have him for those 4 games.

Good Raiders fan comment 'Can you imagine if they move to Vegas? The 15 will be a solid pipeline of DUIs on Saturday mornings before home games and the slot machines at Circus Circus will be a scene from Fight Club. The Vegas drunk tank on Saturday nights will be a lovefest, though. lt’ll be a massive skull-tatted circle jerk to memories of Napoleon Kaufman.'

Apparently she is the first summer Olympian born this century to win gold. Pretty cool little thing to be able to say when she goes back to high school.

I'll be in the resistance. I'm not much of a character, I'll die in the first scene. Fart on brothers, fart on.

The trial I sat through was similar. Slam dunk 'not guilty' but one guy kept voting guilty because he thought it would look bad if we returned to court 60 seconds later with a 'not guilty' verdict.

Today I learned that Ireland was a net exporter of food during the potato famine. Read it in a Bill Bryson book 'At Home' but here's a link http://ighm.org/exports-in-famine-times/

Got called once and selected. The defendant was standing at the front of the court and we were called up and asked to look the defendant in the eye. I did and I had to sit on the jury. Later learned the key to getting out of serving is don't follow the instructions. People who looked at his shoes were not selected. Something to do with lawyers wanting to pick people they can lead. Canadian court FWIW

I'll be there falling in love with the whole spectacle once again. Silly early to Hammers because what's the point of sitting home. My wife will ask me 100 questions in the morning, I won't be listening enough to answer any of them, she'll say, 'just go to the game'. Off I'll go. Meet the usual crowd at Hammers. Set up near Kenny on the hill. Watch people watching the ketchup ceremony. Think I'll be into the game before kickoff. Won't make it. Hello to all the regular STH. Scream and go crazy. Drive home. Best day of the year.

I'd like to see floss debating as an Olympic sport.