LIBERTY NATIONAL, New Jersey (Reuters) - The United States team at this week's Presidents Cup will not protest during the national anthem, captain Steve Stricker said on Tuesday. "I just wanted to know what they wanted to do and how we wanted to proceed as a team. In a gesture initiated last season by then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, several NFL players have routinely "taken one knee" during the playing of the anthem. At the Presidents Cup, the players might not even be present during the brief ceremony before the first match on Thursday, when songwriter and singer Darius Rucker will sing the U.S. national anthem. There is a time for protest, and it probably isn’t during the national anthem.

Source: The Star September 26, 2017 18:11 UTC