NBC skips national anthem on 'Sunday Night Football' from Soldier Field on Veterans Day week
BUCCANEERS ON SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL OutKick contacted NBC executive vice president of communications Greg Hughes and senior vice president of communications Chris McCloskey to ask why the national anthem was omitted from the broadcast.
Key points
- FOX SPORTS TO HONOR MILITARY AHEAD OF VETERANS DAY WITH TWO-DAY SALUTE DURING COLLEGE FOOTBALL, NFL COVERAGE Talk about missing the plot.
- Perhaps NBC simply wanted to avoid all possibilities of offending anyone by not televising the national anthem altogether.
- One must note that this is not the first national anthem misstep prior to a Bears game this season.
NBC's "Sunday Night Football" broadcast is often the highest-rated show on television, and the lead up to the game before kickoff more or less marks the beginning of the broadcast so it was noticeable when Sunday night's broadcast skipped the national anthem.
Additional details
- What was not met with mixed reaction was injured Bears quarterback Caleb Williams shown pacing along the sideline while the anthem was being played.
- The decision to broadcast the national anthem is not generally made by the NFL.
- The Chicago-based band performed an instrumental mariachi version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as part of the Bears’ Hispanic Heritage Month "Vamos Bears" celebration.
- NBC did cover the trade of defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons to the Bears.
- On a week the NFL is memorializing its Salute To Service campaign.
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