I think that politics should be kept out of sports, so let’s end the following for all NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, and other domestic sports:

• No more flyovers by military planes during sports ceremonies.
• No more games dedicated to veterans. Give them free tickets or free food /beer to show gratitude, but no more military visuals or drills or displays on the field.
• No more national anthems to be sung/butchered before the games.
  Half the people they get to sing it can’t sing it anyway.
• No more politicians or other political people throwing out the first pitch. Get movie stars or pop stars or ordinary citizens, but no political figures or pundits or anyone who is visible in the world of politics.
• No more visits to the White House for sports teams simply because they won the World Series or the Superbowl or the NBA championship. Why does the President have to favor one set of Americans over the other? And what does this have to do with anything related to the President’s job duties and responsibilities?
• ESPN should never broadcast any Presidential picks in the various sports pools. Who cares, anyway?
• ESPN should refrain from having political figures as guests on their shows. I don’t care what Condi Rice thinks about the NFL. Let her write a column in the Washington Post about it.
• When politicians attend the games, ignore them. Don’t announce to the crowd that “the former President/VP/Congressperson is present today. They are there to watch the game. Why should the cameras be fixated on them picking their noses or scratching their butts in between innings?

You can’t have all of the above, and then get all hinky and pissy when someone chooses to answer a political action (playing the national anthem) with a political reaction. If you want political neutrality, then all of it goes—not just the knee.