BC-FBN-SCHULTZ-COLUMN:AT — sports (850 words)
The most liberal, socially active professional sports league in the country is the NBA, a league that has a rule that players must stand for the national anthem. So those criticizing NFL owners for relatively caving to a knucklehead in the White House and his lemmings by passing a rule that mandates players also must stand for the anthem — or stay in the locker room — are missing the point.
It’s not about a two-minute song. It’s about the league’s culture.
The NBA has two of the brightest, most articulate, widely respected, socially conscious and outspoken coaches in sports history: San Antonio’s Gregg Popovich and Golden.