Fans at a Toronto Raptors match on Sunday continued an emerging trend of the Booing of the American national anthem at sporting events in Canada.
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Fans of the only Canadian franchise of the NBA outdated the American national anthem for the Raptors’ match against the Los Angeles Clippers in the Scotiabank Arena in the center of Toronto. Similar reactions broke out on Saturday evening at NHL competitions in Ottawa and Calgary, where the senators and flames were confronted with the Minnesota Wild and Detroit Red Wings respectively. Those competitions came hours after Donald Trump realized his threat of import tariffs in Canada.
After Raptors fans initially encouraged the 15-year-old girl that the folk songs were sang, they fascinated during her performance of the banner sparkled with star. At the end, mixed anger and cheers could be heard before the crowd broke out in applause for the Canadian national anthem, O Canada. Three out of five starters on the Raptors are American and they threw each other out while the angry came out. Sportsnet reporter Michael Grange, who was in the game, wrote on X that fans emphasized the word ‘free’ in the Canadian folk song. The match ended in a win of 115-108 for the Raptors.
Raptors Forward Garrett Temple, who is American, said that the players were well aware of the Boe.
‘Yes, of course I noticed, “he said. ‘The reaction [was]”Wow.” And then you just think about why they bow. Many things that are bigger than basketball in the world at the moment. At the end of the day we play in an arena in Canada and are Canadian citizens, so they have a certain feeling about the trade situation, the rates. The people who are booing let their thoughts become known. ‘
One of the Canadian players of the Raptors, Kelly Olynyk, said he had had sympathy for the national anthem singer.
“Evidently [the tariffs have] An impact on many people in this country and in this stadium, “he said. “I felt bad for the girl who sang, but they welcomed her at the end, so I was happy with that.”
On Saturday, Trump placed rates for goods from Canada, Mexico and China after they claimed that the three countries allow immigrants and illegal drugs in the US. In addition, energy is imported from Canada, including oil, natural gas and electricity, loaded at a rate of 10%.
The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the president of Mexico ordered retribution rates for goods from America in response.
Expressing the banner -spoken banner in Canada is rare, but not unheard of, especially when they are connected to world events. In the early 2000s, fans pronounced at games in Canada to show their disapproval of the war led by the US in Iraq.
Trump has been the subject of fascinating himself at sporting events. During his first term of office as president, he was hunted and greeted with “Lock him up” hymns by Washington Nationale fans during the World Series 2019. He was also welcomed loudly at university football matches.