Players refusing to sing the National anthem in protest

[DC_fan]

The Daily Telegraph is today reporting that Josh Addo Carr and Cody Walker will refuse to sing our national anthem at the state of origin. Protesting that it does not represent indigenous history.

I have often seen sports people, indigenous and non-indigenous not sing the anthem. I have never had a problem with sports people or anyone for that matter not singing the anthem I just assumed they didn’t know the words. But I do suspect that this move by these two players will cause some uproar. We all saw what happened in the USA when something similar occurred there with the NFL. It tarnished the image of the game, and some suggest the game is still struggling to recover.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...s/news-story/480bfa1117c3abc43e22923d1bf22e19

 

[firechild]

Who cares? Nobody's paying to see them sing.

 

[MilkShark]

Stopped reading after you mentioned daily telegraph

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Wouldn't give a toss if the anthem wasn't done at all, get on with the footy.

 

[carcharias]

Good on them
The song is archaic and was from time long past.
The world has changed.
The kiwis do this stuff right.

 

[DOGS AND EELS!!!]

Who cares? Nobody's paying to see them sing.

Haha

 

[JamesRustle]

Are they going to kneel too?

 

[Timbo]

I'd love to see a Venn diagram of 'People who think Folau was exercising free speech' with 'People who think it's a disgrace they won't sing the anthem'.

 

[juro]

What part of the anthem do they find problematic?

 

[mozza91]

What part of the anthem do they find problematic?

Probably ‘Girt’ The f**k is that about?

 

[Silent Knight]

It goes against my Strayan values. I’m outraged I tells ya.

 

[T-Boon]

Queenslanders will sniff a weakness here. Both rookies (did JAC play last year?) not 100% focused on the game. Could be problems.

 

[T-Boon]

Probably ‘Girt’ The f**k is that about?

it has been that long since I sang the anthem that this is the only word off it that I remember.

 

[gUt]

couldn't care less

 

[carcharias]

What part of the anthem do they find problematic?

I’d say it’s not the actual lyrics but who they represented at the time of writing it.

It’s absolutely disgraceful this country’s history towards indigenous people.
My generation was taught zero about them at school.
f**king horrendous attitude by the education dept and govt.

Anyway thats just my opinion.

 

[carcharias]

Queenslanders will sniff a weakness here. Both rookies (did JAC play last year?) not 100% focused on the game. Could be problems.

JAC carved them up last year

 

[Fangs]

Zzz.

Let them take a shit during the anthem. They have every right to.

 

[Meth]

Are they just not going to mouth the words, or kneel, or not take the field....half of the players don't actually sing the words.

 

[TheFrog]

Probably ‘Girt’ The f**k is that about?

Girt is an olde English word, it's meaning obvious in the context of the song.

The problem in fact seems to be the word "young". Apparently aboriginal footballers object to being called young.

I’d say it’s not the actual lyrics but who they represented at the time of writing it.

Australians all....

 

[Valheru]

Are they just not going to mouth the words, or kneel, or not take the field....half of the players don't actually sing the words.

Just not sing.

As you say half the players from many countries in any number of sports don't sing for various reasons from not knowing the words to just not being in to singing.

TBH I don't know why they would make it public. They could just stand there and not sing without the added attention.