--- title: Colin Kaepernick Speaks Out About National Anthem Protest description: Quarterback Colin Kaepernick refuted reports that he would not stand for the National Anthem if he could play for the NFL again canonical: https://time.com/4973843/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem-nfl-kneeling/ author: Jennifer Calfas article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-08T20:39:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:46:44.862Z article:section: Sports og:title: Colin Kaepernick Denies Report That He’d Stand for the National Anthem og:description: A report claimed he would stand if he was playing in the NFL again og:url: https://time.com/4973843/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem-nfl-kneeling/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb41b785d5bf36445/6988e0f3096a94029769fe58/kaepernick.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Seattle Seahawks v San Francisco 49ers og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Colin Kaepernick Denies Report That He’d Stand for the National Anthem twitter:description: A report claimed he would stand if he was playing in the NFL again twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb41b785d5bf36445/6988e0f3096a94029769fe58/kaepernick.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Colin Kaepernick Denies Report That He’d Stand for Anthem If He Was Back in the NFL > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images) SANTA CLARA, CA - JANUARY 1: Eli Harold #58, Colin Kaepernick #7 and Eric Reid #35 of the San Francisco 49ers kneel on the sideline, during the anthem, prior to the game against the Seattle Seahawks at Levi Stadium on January 1, 2017 in Santa Clara, California. The Seahawks defeated the 49ers 25-23\. (Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)Michael Zagaris—Getty Images by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Oct 8, 2017 8:39 PM UTC Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback [Colin Kaepernick](http://time.com/4924420/colin-kaepernick-nfl-football-boycott/) appeared to refute a report Sunday that he would stand during the [National Anthem](http://time.com/4958174/national-anthem-lyrics/) if he played in the NFL again. “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on,” Kaepernick tweeted with an attribution to Winston Churchill. Kaepernick, who kneeled during the National Anthem while quarterback for the 49ers last year to protest racial injustice and police brutality, spoke with CBS NFL Insider Jason La Canfora on Saturday about his future as he remains unsigned by a team. In his retelling of the conversation on CBS Sports on Sunday, La Canfora said Kaepernick would not kneel during the National Anthem if given the opportunity to return to the NFL. But the two never discussed the issue, La Canfora later clarified on Twitter. Kaepernick also retweeted several people — including his girlfriend Nessa Diab and prominent Black Lives Matter activist Deray McKesson — denying the claim following La Canfora’s comments. La Canfora said on Twitter he was relaying other reports about the athlete’s plans for demonstrations, not referring to their conversation specifically. “My primary takeaway was that his sole focus right now is on being a quarterback,” La Canfora said Sunday. Later on Twitter, La Canfora doubled down on his reports that Kaepernick is working hard to return to the NFL. Kaepernick was not signed with a team before the new NFL season. Insiders and supporters of Kaepernick have said his protests are why NFL teams are steering clear of the veteran quarterback who started for the 49ers and led the team to their Super Bowl appearance in 2013. Despite not playing in the NFL this season, Kaepernick’s protests have influenced a number of players and teams as the movement amplified [after President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4960638/donald-trump-latest-battle-against-nfl/) blasted those in the league who took a knee. At a rally last month, Trump appeared to refer to Kaepernick as a “son of a b–ch” and said NFL teams should fire players who chose to protests. That weekend, [more than 200 NFL players](http://time.com/4955104/nfl-players-kneel-anthem-trump/) took a knee and others linked arms with their teammates before and during the national anthem to show solidarity. The movement has expanded outside of the NFL, too, with players kneeling at college stadiums and high school football fields. Kaepernick has remained fairly quiet as demonstrations during the National Anthem occurred, though he has retweeted several people on social media encouraging NFL players to kneel. Off the field, the quarterback runs the Colin Kaepernick Foundation, where he has vowed to donate $1 million and all of his 2016 jersey sales to communities in need around the country. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4973843/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem-nfl-kneeling/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4973843/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem-nfl-kneeling/"},"headline":"Colin Kaepernick Denies Report That He’d Stand for Anthem If He Was Back in the NFL","datePublished":"2017-10-08T20:39:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:46:44.862Z","description":"A report claimed he would stand if he was playing in the NFL again","url":"https://time.com/4973843/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem-nfl-kneeling/","keywords":["NFL","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb41b785d5bf36445/6988e0f3096a94029769fe58/kaepernick.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Calfas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb41b785d5bf36445/6988e0f3096a94029769fe58/kaepernick.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Seattle Seahawks v San Francisco 49ers","caption":"Seattle Seahawks v San Francisco 49ers","creditText":"Michael Zagaris—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nfl/","name":"NFL"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4973843/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem-nfl-kneeling/","name":"Colin Kaepernick Denies Report That He’d Stand for Anthem If He Was Back in the NFL"}}]}] ```