{"id":32870,"date":"2025-08-01T18:44:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T18:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=32870"},"modified":"2025-08-01T18:44:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T18:44:41","slug":"social-media-was-torn-by-american-troops-interesting-rendition-of-the-star-spangled-banner-before-hall-of-fame-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=32870","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Was Torn By American Troops&#8217; Interesting Rendition Of The Star-Spangled Banner Before Hall Of Fame Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?-->&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fans were split over the rendition of the American national anthem ahead of Thursday night\u2019s Hall of Fame Game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first NFL preseason game of the year featured the Los Angeles Chargers and Detroit Lions, with Staff Sergeant Ken Bettinger of the Ohio National Guard doing the honors.<br \/>\nThank you Staff Sergeant Kent Bettinger representing the Ohio National Guard and America. We salute you. pic.twitter.com\/GemqHZIj8c<br \/>\n\u2014 Victor Villalba (@VJ_Villalba12) August 1, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Bettinger serenaded the crowd at the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton. However, it was clear that singing wasn\u2019t his day job, so fans on social media had differing views.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy man just sang the national anthem in like 4 different keys in the Hall Of Fame Game. That\u2019s usually talent, but I think\u2026 not so much this time,\u201d one user shared via X.<br \/>\nMy man just sang the national anthem in like 4 different keys in the Hall Of Fame Game.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin: 1.5em 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/National-Anthem-1024x563.jpg\" alt=\"Sgt. Ken Bettinger at Hall of Fame Game\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s usually talent, but I think\u2026 not so much this time<br \/>\n\u2014 Brandon Danner (@dmusicstud) August 1, 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u201cno troll this one of the worst National Anthem\u2019s I\u2019ve ever heard,\u201d another claimed.<br \/>\nno troll this one of the worst National Anthem\u2019s I\u2019ve ever heard<br \/>\n\u2014 goodfella (@nickcoachin) August 1, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Others lauded Bettinger\u2019s efforts, suggesting that celebrities getting to perform the Star Spangled Banner ahead of games should happen somewhat less.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a good national anthem. Normalize having people that live it sing it instead of so called famous people. Let someone who loves their country and truly put there life on line to protect it sing it,\u201d someone wrote.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s a good national anthem. Normalize having people that live it sing it instead of so called famous people. Let someone who loves their country and truly put there life on line to protect it sing it #NFL<br \/>\n\u2014 van (@dutchraider00) August 1, 2025<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin: 1.5em 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26009857-1-1024x563.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Roger Goodell for article on NFL teams\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBruh sang that National Anthem with his soul,\u201d another claimed.<br \/>\nBruh sang that National Anthem with his soul \ud83e\udd72\ud83d\udd25<br \/>\n\u2014 Illmatic 175 (@SLB2Kay11) August 1, 2025<\/p>\n<p>The NFL held a moment of silence for the victims of Monday\u2019s shooting incident in the building housing its headquarters in New York City before Bettinger took center stage ahead of the Hall of Fame Game. Four people were killed while another was critically injured.<\/p>\n<p>The gunman is believed to have targeted the league\u2019s office but took the wrong bank of elevators.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers won the game pretty convincingly, beating Detroit 34-7 on the night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Fans were split over the rendition of the American national anthem ahead of Thursday night\u2019s Hall of Fame Game. &nbsp; The first NFL preseason game of the year &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32872,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32870\/revisions\/32872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}