I wish they'd get rid of all that paid for fake patriotic crap---all of which has absolutely NOTHING to do with a professional sports game.
If you people haven't noticed, warfare is big business in this country, and we like to fight in them pretty much continuously now.
This gives rise to heavy retention problems in the military.
Which gives rise to these PR campaigns at sports games.
It's WORSE in the NHL...where the military has been paying for air time for years now.
That's great---create some type of association with military/flag/warfare in the minds of easily influenced young kids.
If only these kids were smart enough to, instead, do something like read.
"With the Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge is a great place to start.