The organization drew criticism when a prerecorded version of a woman singing the national anthem played over stadium speakers.

Based both on the unintentional mistake that was made, as well as the failure to immediately intervene and correct the situation by those who had oversight, we have terminated our relationship with the third-party contractor who was responsible for the error, and taken disciplinary action against our employee who was responsible for the game production on Saturday.

The San Diego Padres apologized to the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus on May 22 after investigating an incident where a prerecording played over their scheduled national anthem appearance on May 21:Īfter a thorough examination of the events that occurred during last night’s National Anthem, we have concluded our internal investigation and have found no evidence of malicious intent on the part of any individuals involved.