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Article Evaluation

 * Pre-game National Anthem ceremony is usually not televised, except on special occasions such as the Super Bowl or a college bowl game. During the regular NFL season, the ceremony typically happens while the TV audience is being shown a long pod of commercials right before kickoff.


 * In such a controversial topic that has concerned many Americans, especially with it be surrounding sports, the article was wonderfully neutral and purely fact based. The few times that the article inevitably brought up the politics of the situation, all possible sides were presented equally.


 * Right off the bat, the first thing I notice is that the subject line states that the kneeling for the national anthem was done in protest against police brutality and racism. I believe this to be a generalization. While this is not a form of bias by any means, I believe it to be omitting other reasons that some athletes kneel, for instance, in protest of the neglect the United States has showed towards its veterans.
 * Something I noticed after analyzing a number of sources is that they were derived from either biased news sources like Fox or CNN, or from more casual 'blog' type sources like The Guardian and USAToday.


 * Further down in the article where the events are time lined, there is coverage on the 2019 season which states Albert Wilson of the Miami Dolphins as one of three noted players that still protest, but there is no working link to his wiki as there is for the other two players. This is an important piece of information connection in the article as there are now so few people participating in the movement. Overall, however, I think that if anything there may be too much information in the article.
 * Hold up now. One thing that this article DEFINITELY misses when discussing the policies surrounding the National Anthem across various sports is properly noting that the WNBA and the NBA have identical policies when it comes to the anthem, which are technically seperate associations
 * The following could certainly be added, that in September, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he expected players to stand, but stopped short of making it a requirement. "It's my hope that our players will continue to use that as a moment of unity," Silver said.


 * The talk page, expectedly, contains a bunch of debate on definitions of kneeling, US flag code, and some missing information scattered throughout the very long article


 * This article is rated C-class of low importance and was the subject of four WikiProjects: Baseball, Basketball, The United States, and National Football League


 * Wikipedia discusses this topic much more neutrally I'd say than we have in class. We really have not spoken on this topic in class so I am not sure if I picked the right topic??
 * Talk:U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)