Teams leaving court for National Anthem?

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:You can't stand in a straight line for a couple minutes before going in? Is that time in the locker room really going to make the difference in the game?

Clearly the 2 extra minutes didn't help. All three teams lost! Karma's a bitch.

Is that a new wig, or am I just getting older and checking out my future. Seriously, I enjoyed your letter,I doubt you will get a response. But, maybe you will get a form letter response.


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MesaPilot1 wrote:Is that a new wig, or am I just getting older and checking out my future. Seriously, I enjoyed your letter,I doubt you will get a response. But, maybe you will get a form letter response.

Same wig, I think it's the lighting. Dude that takes the photos uploads them straight from the camera, so they can be a little on the lighter side.

I'm with you on the responses - Larry might say something about it, but I'm uncertain that any of the other ADs/the commish will. I invite them to prove me wrong, though!

USF did it on Thursday too.

I would point out one thing though... teams only do this when the game is televised. When a game is on TV, the anthem is performed at the 12:00 mark instead of right before the starting line-ups.

What I don't know, though, is if that is done only at Portland or if that is standard procedure at other arenas as well. If it is unique to Portland, then I suppose I could understand it, since having it at the 12:00 mark interferes with the normal pre-game routine of teams.

However, if it's done at all other venues, well... that's a bit sketch.

Another thing to ask... does Portland leave the court when it's on the road? I honestly have no idea.

Stony - USF just wasn't out there. That's annoying, but not disrespectful to the degree that leaving during the anthem is.

I realize that this only happens with TV games but I don't feel like that excuse holds any water. Even with the game on TV, is it so disruptive to your pre-game routine that you HAVE to get off the court right at the 12 minute mark?

Oh, I agree with you. I was just pointing out that for the TV games they do the anthem at a different time and I don't know if doing that is exclusive to UP or not.

As for interfering with routines... pretty much any coach at the college basketball/football level and higher is anal retentive and hyper-controlling. Remember, these are guys that schedule litereally every second of practice, spend countless hours scouting and working up game plans, and whose jobs depend on winning... these are not normal men. So given that context, I can understand how a coach would not want anything - not even the national anthem - to disrupt their normal routine.

Still... I agree... two minutes for the anthem isn't the end of the world, and it's a sign of respect to stay.

Stonehouse wrote:Oh, I agree with you. I was just pointing out that for the TV games they do the anthem at a different time and I don't know if doing that is exclusive to UP or not.

As for interfering with routines... pretty much any coach at the college basketball/football level and higher is anal retentive and hyper-controlling. Remember, these are guys that schedule litereally every second of practice, spend countless hours scouting and working up game plans, and whose jobs depend on winning... these are not normal men. So given that context, I can understand how a coach would not want anything - not even the national anthem - to disrupt their normal routine.

Still... I agree... two minutes for the anthem isn't the end of the world, and it's a sign of respect to stay.

I know you're just playing devil's advocate, no big deal.

I can't speak for the rest of the WCC, but PSU always (even yesterday when they were on TV) does it right before player intros.

I will say I'm fairly impressed with the turnaround, SCU's AD has responded already. An excerpt:

...I do know that there isn't necessarily consistency amongst schools about when they play the anthem in the order of events - and sometimes it is affected by television as well, making it hard to maintain a consistent pregame routine. I don't offer that as a justifiable excuse, only as a way of understanding how this might happen...

He went on to say that he'd address both of their programs. I will say that after having some time to think further I'm not sure why we need to do the anthem earlier than normal when we're on TV.

I believe that would be so that the TV announcers aren't doing their intro material with the anthem playing in the background. I have seen/heard that a few times, and it is disconcerting.

up7587 wrote:I believe that would be so that the TV announcers aren't doing their intro material with the anthem playing in the background. I have seen/heard that a few times, and it is disconcerting.

Yep. That's definitely part of it.

Also, because the clock is normally at 0:00 when the player intros and national anthem happen, it's very hard to accurately say how long it will take. Sometimes the anthem can last 45 seconds... sometimes 2 minutes. Depends on who is singing, if they have to walk out onto the court, etc etc.

And definitely kudos to Dan Coonan for responding to your email... I've met him and he definitely seemed like a good guy.

From Rev today

People advocate for US flags on uniforms but not importance of teams being out for anthem. Shouldn't teams always be present for anthem?
5 hours ago

PurpleGeezer wrote:From Rev today

People advocate for US flags on uniforms but not importance of teams being out for anthem. Shouldn't teams always be present for anthem?
5 hours ago

Have I mentioned how glad I am that we have Rev?

ShipstadPilot11 wrote:

PurpleGeezer wrote:From Rev today

People advocate for US flags on uniforms but not importance of teams being out for anthem. Shouldn't teams always be present for anthem?
5 hours ago

Have I mentioned how glad I am that we have Rev?

I think that if a team leaves the court for the anthem the crowd should sing it during their intros.

It was a long time ago, but we always lined up as a team to cover our hearts and keep our eyes on the flag during the playing of the National Anthem; it still happens at many of the women’s games.

I heard this was WCC policy, but I was also told our pompoms were purple.

DoubleDipper wrote:I was also told our pompoms were purple.

This really frustrates me. They are quite clearly green. If we use them today it will be an embarrassment. Maybe if we got green pom poms they would look purple...