from the fact that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck its a duck
this song was presented to the folks in the stands the same as our National Anthem was
again the NFL failed America on this one
Hmm, now there's a thing we can look at. The best I can pull is this
recording of 3 hours outside the open roof stadium.
They announce the NFL man of the year around 2:30:10. Eagles fans boo.
Some inspirational music.
Seconds later, they announce the ASL lady. Then they said "to perform 'Lift Every Voice and sing,' please welcome (Lady's name)." She immediately sings, with a choir and no flag to speak of.
Then some claps. Then nothing and start piping in the pregame show.
More than 14 minutes later, they play "America the Beautiful" and the national anthem. They announce a different ASL person. They say America the Beautiful celebrates our country.
Then they announce who is carrying the colors (marine band). Welcome another ASL person. Again say they'll honor America, call it the national anthem and say it's Chris Stapleton and he starts playing.
So they asked no one to stand at any point. Certianly not for a song that was announced after a ceremony and more than 10 minutes before the national anthem. Not presented as a national anthem, or close to the national anthem. No flag raised. Not even in the block of songs with the national anthem.
I'll leave that without more commentary.
