Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross said Monday players on his team will not be permitted to kneel during the national anthem before games next season.

“All of our players will be standing," Ross told the New York Daily News on Monday.

UPDATE: In a statement, Ross said Tuesday he will not make his players stand and Ross said he regretted his comments in New York were misconstrued.

Ross was in New York to receive the ROBIE Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jackie Robinson Foundation.

The 77-year-old Detroit native supported kneeling early last season, stating “it's America and people should be able to really speak about their choices.”

However, in October, the Dolphins asked players who planned to kneel to remain in the locker room for the anthem. Coach Adam Gase then reversed course and allowed players to kneel on the sideline in November for the remainder of the season.

Ross said he changed his mind because kneeling was being perceived by the public as a protest against the United States or the military.

“When that message changed, and everybody was interpreting [kneeling] as that was the reason, then I was against kneeling," said Ross. "I like Donald (Trump). I don't support everything that he says. Overall, I think he was trying to make a point, and his message became what kneeling was all about. From that standpoint, that is the way the public is interpreting it. So I think that's really incumbent upon us to adopt that. That's how, I think, the country now is interpreting the kneeling issue."

Wide receiver Kenny Stills, tight end Julius Thomas and safety Michael Thomas continued to kneel during the anthem prior to games last season once being permitted to return to the sideline in November.