[WBB fan]

My question is this: why does our team leave the floor before the national anthem and return only after it is concluded?  It is striking to see the other team standing respectfully while we are gone . PLEASE NOTE: I am not interested in arguing whether our reason for being absent is good, bad or indifferent. But I would like to know why we are absent and what has to. Hanger before we reappear .

They started doing this last year, and I asked anyone here for a theory and didn't get an answer.  So far I've not spent a chalk talk question on it.  I guess I am a bit afraid of the answer--if it is a Colin Kaepernick type thing I might respect that,  but I wouldn't want the team becoming the center of attention for the wrong reasons.  So for a year and a half I have not asked and they have not told.  

I would let it go without question or comment. It seems like a private, personal expression. I respect the team's right to make a quiet statement of conscience without amplification.

I have to very respectfully disagree.  This is not a private expression. It is very public. I first noticed it at the Final Four in San Antonio but that’s because I only get to attend a few games in person and I don’t think team departure and arrival are covered on TV.

I do agree that each team member , just like each of us, has a right to a “quiet statement of conscience:without amplification”… but if no one knows what the statement is it’s a little like the old saw about a tree falling in the woods with no one present to ear the crash.  

I’ve followed Tara’s teams for more years than I like to admit and with very, very few exceptions the women who have played are not only marvelous basketball players but quite intelligent and thoughtful. This team is all that and more,  It’s a little hard for me to figure out why intelligent , thoughtful people make a statement that is unknown to anyone.

I thought it was just ol ignorant me who did  not get it but apparently not.  And let me repeat, I’m not going to get into a discussion as to whether it is a good thing to do because that won’t likely accomplish anything.  But I am just plain curious as to why our team, alone among all of basketball so far as I know, is not present for the National Anthem.

Maybe it is because a few of our players are not US citizens?  Stanford is not the only team that leaves the court for the anthem.  I've seen plenty of teams do that over the years.  Might be they decided it was a good time to do some last minute whatever in the locker room.  It may be a statement, it may not.  to me it makes no difference if they are there or not.  I don't think the anthem should even be played at sporting events.  They are not patriotic activities.

You're probably going to get some blowback on the last comment re not playing the anthem, but I'm totally with you on this one. Agree completely. completely.

[WBB fan]

My question is this: why does our team leave the floor before the national anthem and return only after it is concluded?  It is striking to see the other team standing respectfully while we are gone . PLEASE NOTE: I am not interested in arguing whether our reason for being absent is good, bad or indifferent. But I would like to know why we are absent and what has to. Hanger before we reappear .

They started doing this last year, and I asked anyone here for a theory and didn't get an answer.  So far I've not spent a chalk talk question on it.  I guess I am a bit afraid of the answer--if it is a Colin Kaepernick type thing I might respect that,  but I wouldn't want the team becoming the center of attention for the wrong reasons.  So for a year and a half I have not asked and they have not told.  

I would let it go without question or comment. It seems like a private, personal expression. I respect the team's right to make a quiet statement of conscience without amplification.

I have to very respectfully disagree.  This is not a private expression. It is very public. I first noticed it at the Final Four in San Antonio but that’s because I only get to attend a few games in person and I don’t think team departure and arrival are covered on TV.

I do agree that each team member , just like each of us, has a right to a “quiet statement of conscience:without amplification”… but if no one knows what the statement is it’s a little like the old saw about a tree falling in the woods with no one present to ear the crash.  

I’ve followed Tara’s teams for more years than I like to admit and with very, very few exceptions the women who have played are not only marvelous basketball players but quite intelligent and thoughtful. This team is all that and more,  It’s a little hard for me to figure out why intelligent , thoughtful people make a statement that is unknown to anyone.

I thought it was just ol ignorant me who did  not get it but apparently not.  And let me repeat, I’m not going to get into a discussion as to whether it is a good thing to do because that won’t likely accomplish anything.  But I am just plain curious as to why our team, alone among all of basketball so far as I know, is not present for the National Anthem.

Maybe it is because a few of our players are not US citizens?  Stanford is not the only team that leaves the court for the anthem.  I've seen plenty of teams do that over the years.  Might be they decided it was a good time to do some last minute whatever in the locker room.  It may be a statement, it may not.  to me it makes no difference if they are there or not.  I don't think the anthem should even be played at sporting events.  They are not patriotic activities.

You're probably going to get some blowback on the last comment re not playing the anthem, but I'm totally with you on this one. Agree completely. completely.