Why do sports events begin with "patriotic" displays, anyway?  It hasn't always been that way and it has nothing to do with the sports!  The NFL doesn't need the $10.4 million that the army paid them for these "displays"!  Get rid of the national anthem and the problem is solved!

Most Americans are fortunate that their jobs don't require the playing of the national anthem before the start of the work day.  If my job started that way, I'd take a knee, too! 

Why do we demand expressions of patriotism only from athletes?