Then, they unfurled a 100-yard American flag for the singing of the national anthem. It was a moment that, although in coordination with the NFL’s month-long “Salute to Service,” diluted the effect of the tribute moments earlier.
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Of course, it’s not like the Giants or any other football team would have an enormous French tricolor laying around, as many Twitter users pointed out …
But maybe, just for one day, the comically large American flag could have been kept in storage, with the color guard on hand already having the stars and stripes.
Nobody would have missed the giant flag, and it would not have seemed so much like Friday’s tragic events were being glossed over.
