Mavs Owner Mark Cuban Stops Playing National Anthem At Home Games

DALLAS (AP) – Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he decided before this season began not to play the national anthem before his team’s home games. The Mavericks played their first 10 regular-season home games without fans. The club had fans for the first time in Monday’s 127-122 win over Minnesota. Dallas is allowing 1,500 vaccinated essential workers to attend games for free. Cuban didn’t elaborate on his decision not to play the anthem, saying nobody had noticed.  Cuban supported Mavericks players kneeling during the anthem and even got into a twitter spat with Texas Senator Ted Cruz over the matter.  At the time Cuban tweeted, “The National Anthem Police in this country are out of control. If you want to complain, complain to your boss and ask why they don’t play the National Anthem every day before you start work.”