{"id":307877,"date":"2021-07-25T20:33:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T17:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sue-bird-wnba-to-relax-anthem-protest-for-olympics\/"},"modified":"2021-07-25T20:33:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T17:33:48","slug":"sue-bird-wnba-to-relax-anthem-protest-for-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sue-bird-wnba-to-relax-anthem-protest-for-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sue Bird, WNBA to relax anthem protest for Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a259c554e3d4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a259c554e3d4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sue-bird-wnba-to-relax-anthem-protest-for-olympics\/#Follow_all_the_2020_Olympics_action\" >Follow all the 2020 Olympics action<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Sue Bird, WNBA to relax anthem protest for Olympics<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WNBA players will remain on the court during the national anthem at the Tokyo Olympics \u2014 an about-face defended by Team USA Captain Sue Bird despite the league\u2019s well-documented protests this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are wearing USA jerseys, and it does change the conversation a little bit and what you\u2019re representing,\u201d Bird told the Associated Press on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith that, I don\u2019t feel like a hypocrite in any way.\u201d Everyone knows where we stand. I don\u2019t think it contradicts anything since we\u2019re actually doing the work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the WBNA season, the four-time Olympic gold medalist and her teammates have remained in the locker room during \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Bird, a New York native who plays for the WNBA\u2019s Seattle Storm, served as a US flag bearer at the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"USA's basketball player Sue Bird\" class=\"wp-image-18917150 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/AFP_9FY284.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/AFP_9FY284.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/AFP_9FY284.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/AFP_9FY284.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/AFP_9FY284.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Throughout the WBNA season, Sue Bird and her teammates have remained in the locker room during the national anthem.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"WNBA team kneeling during the national anthem\" class=\"wp-image-18917153 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233896964.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233896964.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233896964.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233896964.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233896964.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Teams kneeling and staying in the locker room during the national anthem has been a big point of contention in the US.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She and her teammates locked arms before three exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s in Las Vegas last week \u2014 and said the more relaxed form of protest would likely continue in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Follow_all_the_2020_Olympics_action\"><\/span>Follow all the 2020 Olympics action<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe all want our country to be a better place, and that\u2019s what this is about,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s an athlete\u2019s mentality, and there\u2019s really no better people to do that than athletes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do we do every single day? 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