Why must the T.V. networks...

[B-Tender]

broadcast the National Anthem on air. I'm cool with it being performed at the event, but there is no real reason to show it on T.V.

[Animal]

i suspect someone might be a democrat.

[B-Tender]

i suspect someone might be a democrat.

Nope.

[B-Tender]

It's a relatively new thing. The military paid for some of it for a number of years. I remember a lot of years you would only see it in the Super Bowl, or World Series.

[CHEEZY17]

For our teams they only really show it on TV if its someone of note performing the anthem. Otherwise its more commercial time.

[Reservoir Dog]

If they have a sponsor for it they'll show it. If they don't have a sponsor for it they won't show it.
It's all about money.
Why show the national anthem for free when there's a car company that will give you half a million dollars for the time slot?