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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

High School Hockey Teams Told to Dump National Anthem

Nearly 200 high school hockey teams in Pennsylvania have been advised to eliminate the national anthem because it takes too much time to perform and costs too much money.

“We are recommending the national anthem not be played or sung or whatever it is,” Ed Sam, commissioner of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League told Fox News. “It has absolutely nothing to do with patriotism at all. That’s the furthest thing from the truth.”
Schools were notified of the directive in an email from the PIHL. He said teams are only allotted a certain amount of time to play matches.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

this has since changed and it is now required to play it before the games

Anonymous said...

I don't know how they sing the national anthem but if it is costing them money they are doing it wrong. Its highschool. Play it over the loud speakers and be done.