ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro said that ESPN will not show the national anthem on Monday Night Football.
ESPN pays approximately $2 billion a year to broadcast Monday Night Football.
Stephanie Druley, ESPN’s senior vice president of event and studio production, said the network showed the national anthem three times last year: following Hurricane Harvey’s devastation, the Las Vegas massacre and President Trump’s comments on the national anthem protests.
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