text: The Star Spangled Banner is about the flag but it was about the flag in the war of 1812, when the English tried to take back 'their colonies', for the second time. It only had 15 stars then. The Star Spangled Banner is worthy of the National Anthem because it is about the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the English, and how the fort and flag 'came through the night'.  This football player is getting the National Anthem confused with the Pledge of Allegiance, and they are totally different. The Pledge of Allegiance was a clergy man marketer that developed a scheme of introducing it into the public schools as a way to sell flags. The 'under god' part was stuck in by Eisenhower as a propaganda tool during the Cold War. The original Pledge of Allegiance, forced on school children, should be protested. The original Pledge was to stand, with right arm stretched rigid, palm flat down and pointing to the flag. http://www.nww2m.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/pledge2.jpg