# Will standing for the anthem be someday seen as more controversial than kneeling? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 5, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-standing-for-the-anthem-be-someday-seen-as-more-controversial-than-kneeling/914336 "2020-07-05T00:11:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-standing-for-the-anthem-be-someday-seen-as-more-controversial-than-kneeling/914336/13 "2020-07-06T15:21:56Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Kaepernick didn’t initially sit on the bench for financial reasons, he was just being a pouting baby. He care up with a clever lie after getting called out and turned it into millions, far more than he would ever have made as a backup for a year or two until he washed out of the league. Man, do I need to set up a bot to auto-reply to this? > [@Was Colin Kaepernick the wrong man to take on this mantle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-colin-kaepernick-the-wrong-man-to-take-on-this-mantle/855789/21): > > Uh, he start sitting (and then kneeling) during the preseason when he was coming off injuries. Gabbert wasn’t named as the starter until AFTER the preseason. This was literally right after the game: If he’s able to come up with that on the spot, I would say he’s the right man for this job. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-standing-for-the-anthem-be-someday-seen-as-more-controversial-than-kneeling/914336)._