Today's letters: Don't play national anthems at sporting events

Eliminate anthems from sports events
Re: Long silent, the world of sports finds its voice, Sept. 26.
Why do we need to play national anthems at professional basketball and football games? The participants involved are not playing for their countries.
These teams take the court or field on behalf of the cities they represent – or occasionally regions (New England Patriots), provinces (B.C. Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders) or states (Tennessee Titans, Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Viki