Gabe Kapler announces Memorial Day anthem plans
"Today, I’ll be standing for the anthem."
"Today, I’ll be standing for the anthem."
"I think I'll just decide what makes the most sense in the moment."
"He's a good friend of mine and the kind of guy I respect from afar for what he's doing."
The national anthem hasn't been played before any of the Mavs' 13 home games this season.
A total of eight players kneeled before their home game against Georgia.
"It was just announced by ESPN that rather than defending our anthem, our beautiful beautiful beautiful national anthem, and defending our flag, they've decided they they just won't broadcast when they play the national anthem. We don't like that."
"At the end of the day, I don't pay no mind to it. I'm going to do what I do that's going to bring light to my community."