I'm a Baltimore Orioles fan. During the National Anthem our fan base will stress and yell out the O in O say, does that star spangled banner yet wave.
You guys think this is okay or disrespectful? My brother is an Air Force vet and doesn't like it. I don't have a problem with it. I've heard that Braves fan highlight the word Brave.
I don't agree that shouting out different sports teams while singing the national anthem constitutes different traditions, or that it undermines that tradition's integrity. I think it strengthens it, because it highlights the basis of the sense of nationhood that the anthem provides.