It can be. If I may?
I think that public prayer stems from the Nazarene's statement that "...for where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am with them".
The Nazarene spoke against the BS of the Pharisees and Sadducee's practice of praying loudly in public as it was nothing but self promotion.
Hollyweirdos and the Kneelgroes of the NFL (and they come in all pigments) are the real "virtue signalers". Fuck them all.
And so you know whereof I speak? There are plenty of false ministers in every religion. I had no religion, I followed Jesus of Nazareth and His Word. When I came to the conclusion that I could no longer live it I gave up my claim of being Christian.
You cannot serve God and your ego.
That is a big problem with today's religious "leaders".
You cannot serve the public and your ego.
This is THE problem with so many political "leaders". Especially so the Democraps and RINOs.
Most people like The Scott like to play the field.. "I'm not Christian but blah blah blah. The fact is, when it comes to public prayer, it was meant for the church. Jesus could NOT have been more clear bout prayer outside the church.
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Here is were religion fails .. Jim, and Bob and Karen hate that they can't display this widely accepted behavior in front of their friends so they purposely choose to ignore what Jesuis said or say Jesus didn't really know what he was saying. In either case they identify themselves as virtue signalers.
Now I give leniency to the players on the field during such an event. I support that.. I think it fits. But the pregame, precongress, pre anything prayer violates Jesus' instructions so I have to conclude logically, its all about themselves