NBA/NFL/SPORTS: “You look at the NBA and what’s happening with the NBA and their poor ratings. I don’t know; can’t imagine why. But they didn’t stand, they didn’t show respect to our flag…
The NFL had its problems, two years ago, when that happened. They went way down in their ratings and their fans, and they struggled back. And now, all of a sudden, they’re putting themselves in the same position. So stand for your flag and stand for the National Anthem… Because a lot of people aren’t going to watch if you don’t; I’m one of them.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing | August 11, 2020,” whitehouse.gov, Aug. 11, 2020