Conservative Daily News » hockey http://www.conservativedailynews.com The best conservative political news, analysis and opinion articles written by a collection of citizen journalists. Covering a range of important topics in blogs, op-ed, and news posts, these upstanding patriots are bringing back American exceptionalism with every entry.. Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 No Time for the Anthem? http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2012/11/no-time-for-the-anthem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-time-for-the-anthem http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2012/11/no-time-for-the-anthem/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:26:00 +0000 Teresa Wendt http://www.conservativedailynews.com/?p=74072 The National Anthem is part of our sports heritage traditionally played at public sports events. But youth hockey players in Pennsylvania were told recently that the National Anthem intrudes too much into their game schedule and teams should take the anthem out.

“The National Anthem should not be played only because of time constrains,” said  Ed Sam, PA Interscholastic Hockey League Commissioner. “It’s not that we’re not patriotic, that’s the furthest from the truth.” Hockey teams are not prohibited from playing the National Anthem before games, just discouraged.

At $300 plus per hour on the ice, the PIHL says it’s about the money. But backlash from residents and families has been fierce causing the league to rethink their decision.

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