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Colin Kaepernick Signs Deal With Nike

waybomb

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I don't own anything nike, and now I can guarantee I never will.
 

Doc

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Someone in Nike's marketing department is looney. Or they like throwing money away. :bonk:
 

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pirate_girl

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I've got a pair of the black and white Air Pegasus.
Don't think I'll be purchasing any of their sportswear ever again.
 

Jim_S

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I've got a pair of the black and white Air Pegasus.
Don't think I'll be purchasing any of their sportswear ever again.

I’m wearing a pair of Nike shoes. They are very comfortable but they are the last pair of Nikes I’ll own. :hammer:
 

tiredretired

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Typical. All these major corporations are liberal and they donate millions to the Socialist-Democrat Party in return for looking the other way when they use off shore slave labor for their products. The Democrats just can't let go of their slaves.

I wear work boots a lot, but when do wear sneakers, they are New Balance 993's made in the USA. They cost over one hundred dollars (not bragging :smile:), fit like a glove, feel great, last a long time and love the USA logo on the back.

F**K NIKE.
 

Doc

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Posted this in toons for times but it fits here too:

A Real Life Al Bundy ....
 

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Jim_S

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POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 BY JOHN HINDERAKER IN LEFTISM
CORPORATE SUICIDE WATCH, NIKE EDITION

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/09/corporate-suicide-watch-nike-edition.php

Nike has chosen the star of its 30th anniversary #JustDoIt advertising campaign: Colin Kaepernick. At first glance, it seems weird for an athletic shoe company to select as its corporate icon someone who is no longer an athlete, and was never a star. At second glance, it gets weirder:

Nike apparently thinks Kaepernick has sacrificed everything, which tells you something about 21st century corporate America. Kaepernich is a multimillionaire whose “sacrifice” consisted of kneeling during the National Anthem, wearing socks depicting police officers as pigs, and generally denouncing his country. Which has led to a second career as a leftist spokesman. That is not exactly a contender in the annals of Greatest Sacrifice Ever.

Further, Nike’s tag line, “Believe in something,” naturally raises the question: Does it matter what you believe in? Any normal person would say that it does. After all, the worst monsters in human history–Mao, Stalin, Lenin, Nero, Hitler, Amin, bin Laden, Castro–all believed in something. It was just the wrong thing.

Kaepernick isn’t as wrong as Lenin and Stalin, but he is still wrong. Nike would have us believe that they honor the former quarterback because he believes in “something,” as though that were value-neutral. But would Nike have similarly honored, for example, Matt Birk, a retired center for the Minnesota Vikings and the Baltimore Ravens–a man who, for what it is worth, probably has 30 or 40 IQ points on Kaepernick–who declined an invitation to the Obama White House because of President Obama’s enthusiastic support for abortion? Heh. Just kidding. Of course not.

There is more on Nike’s myopic endorsement of Kaepernick at Twitchy, including a number of clever rejoinders. This incident highlights, once again, the weird leftism of corporate America. Twitchy features a couple of tweets by Clay Travis:


Clay Travis

@ClayTravis
This is the dumbest move @nike has ever made in the history of its brand.
3:42 PM - Sep 3, 2018

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1,963 people are talking about this


I interviewed Travis a week or two ago on the Laura Ingraham radio show, talking about his new book Republicans Buy Sneakers Too: How the Left Is Ruining Sports With Politics. Clay’s book, written by the only person to be banned by both ESPN and CNN, is a useful commentary on the kind of corporate insanity that afflicts companies like Nike.
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/...61&imprToken=RIOADY0wCAGQIoebLMcVsw&slotNum=0
 

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pirate_girl

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Nike shares are fallllling!

http://conservativefighters.com/news/nike-makes-kaepernick-face-of-brand-nike-shares-fall/


In early trading Tuesday, Nike’s shares dropped by nearly 4 percent, “the biggest intraday slide in five months,” Bloomberg reports. “Nike shares slipped as much as 3.9 percent to $79 as of 9:31 a.m. Tuesday in New York — the biggest intraday slide in five months. They had climbed 31 percent this year through Friday’s close.”

Clearly, Nike Inc. was willing to risk the inevitable backlash, which has already begun among some sports fans — #BoycottNike and videos of fans burning Nike gear are already trending online — to promote Kaepernick’s controversial message.
 

Melensdad

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Nike shares are fallllling!

...

Roughly $4 BILLION dollars worth of market value has been wiped out :hammer:

One has to wonder if shareholders who lost money can sue the company as injured parties due to the decision to make him the face of NIKE.

It should be noted he has been a NIKE sponsored athlete since (at least 2012) as companies will sign athletes when they turn pro. It should also be noted that is long before he started his protests. I do support his right to protest. I also believe that actions have consequences and both he and NIKE are now seeing the consequences of their actions.
 

Jim_S

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Nike shares are fallllling!

http://conservativefighters.com/news/nike-makes-kaepernick-face-of-brand-nike-shares-fall/

In early trading Tuesday, Nike’s shares dropped by nearly 4 percent, “the biggest intraday slide in five months,” Bloomberg reports. “Nike shares slipped as much as 3.9 percent to $79 as of 9:31 a.m. Tuesday in New York — the biggest intraday slide in five months. They had climbed 31 percent this year through Friday’s close.”

Clearly, Nike Inc. was willing to risk the inevitable backlash, which has already begun among some sports fans — #BoycottNike and videos of fans burning Nike gear are already trending online — to promote Kaepernick’s controversial message.

I expected more of a drop!

They closed at $79.60 down $2.60 3.16%

The simply AMAZING thing about Kaeperlick and shoes is Adidas and Puma were
In line to sign him if the Nike deal failed! :bolt:

Report: Adidas and Puma Also Discussed Signing Kaepernick to an Endorsement Deal
by WARNER TODD HUSTON 4 Sep 2018

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/20...ussed-signing-kaepernick-to-endorsement-deal/

For those looking to boycott Nike for signing original anthem protester Colin Kaepernick to a major ad campaign, you might also want to add Adidas and Puma to the list.
According to Yahoo! reporter Charles Robinson, both Adidas and Puma were also talking about engaging the controversial former quarterback in a lucrative ad campaign.

Robinson reports:

Industry insiders told Yahoo Sports that Adidas and Puma were among multiple brands that had conversations about potentially building around Kaepernick if Nike failed to renew his deal following a long stretch of endorsement inactivity.

‘We talked about Colin in March. A lot, actually,’ one shoe industry executive said. ‘We all know the specific kind of deals NFL players are on with each other. His deal was running out, and he had a shoe commitment that hadn’t been done for whatever reason. I’m sure it was because of everything that was going on around him. But it looked like Nike was running out the clock on [his deal] because he didn’t have a lot of time left and nothing was really happening with him. So there were some discussions for us about what kind of an endorser he could be.’

It now seems likely that the inquiries by these other sportswear companies goaded Nike to choose Kaepernick as the face of the 30th anniversary of its “Just Do It” campaign.

However, there may be limits to Nike’s intentions with Kaepernick. According to ESPN’s Darren Rovell, Nike does not really planning any big merchandising campaign around Kaepernick.
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It might be a good move not to plan a new line of merchandise with so many fans already burning or destroying the gear they already have thanks to the company’s decision to make Kaepernick its public face.

Even country singing star John Rich of the hit duo Big & Rich took to Twitter to slam Nike for its pitchman.
 

Jim_S

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National Police Union Tells Nike Where to Go to Find What It Means to 'Sacrifice Everything' After Kaepernick Ad
MADISON DIBBLE | SEP 4, 2018 | 4:07 PM

https://ijr.com/ijr-red/2018/09/1121090-national-police-union-nike-kaepernick/

Nike has faced many criticisms since they announced former NFL quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, as the face of their “Just Do It” campaign, but few criticisms can compare with the blistering remarks from the National Police Union.

Before he was the face of Nike, Kaepernick was the face of the NFL's national anthem protests. Kaepernick was the first player to take a knee during the anthem, but many players followed.

The protests started as a way for players to draw attention to police brutality in the United States, but Kaepernick quickly made it clear that he wasn't just against brutality. The quarterback wore socks depicting cops as pigs.

TMZ obtained a response to Nike's selection of Kaepernick. The president of the National Police Union, Michael McHale, penned a powerful letter to Mark Parker, Nike's CEO, and encouraged a boycott.

“Mr. Kaepernick is known, not as a successful athlete, but as a shallow dilettante seeking to gain notoriety by disrespecting the flag for which so many Americans have fought and died,” McHale wrote.

McHale started by fighting back against Kaepernick's assertions of brutality by police, saying that Nike's new campaign “perpetuates the falsehood that police are racist and aiming to use force against African Americans and persons of color.”

The union president reminded Parker that officers not only protect the athletes in their ad campaigns, but every person in the United States. McHale also highlighted the work done by police for non-profits like Big Brothers/Big Sisters.

Although McHale was representing the police union, he took a moment to describe the what the campaign means to Americans who actually “sacrifice everything.”

Adding to the insult is the image of Mr. Kaepernick from the campaign featuring the quote 'Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.' The fact that Mr. Kaepernick is no longer a starting NFL player does not equate to him being someone who has 'sacrificed everything'. To truly understand what it means to 'believe in something' and 'sacrifice everything', you should look to Arlington National Cemetery, or to the National Law Enforcement Officers’ Memorial in Washington, D.C., or to the trauma unit of a military hospital. The brave men and women of every race and color buried there, memorialized there, healing there, believed in this nation and our flag and exemplify the true meaning of 'sacrifice.'

McHale called for a full boycott of Nike's products, adding, “In featuring Mr. Kaepernick in the 'Just Do It' campaign, Nike grossly insults the men and women who really do make sacrifices for the sake of our nation.”
 

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As NFL offers measured response to Nike’s Kaepernick ad, other reactions range from support to outrage
By Brian Flood | Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...-reactions-range-from-support-to-outrage.html

Nike’s polarizing decision to put Colin Kaepernick at the center of its latest ad campaign has aggravated NFL employees, infuriated fans and even affected the sneaker giant’s stock. But publicly, at least, the league is playing nice with its corporate partner.

“The National Football League believes in dialogue, understanding and unity. We embrace the role and responsibility of everyone involved with this game to promote meaningful, positive change in our communities,” NFL Executive Vice President Jocelyn Moore said in a statement. “The social justice issues that Colin and other professional athletes have raised deserve our attention and action.”

While the NFL issued a gentle statement, some league office staffers have expressed annoyance that a corporate partner would throw the national anthem controversy back into the news cycle only four days before the season's start.


The Daily Caller reported that President Trump said in an interview Tuesday, “I think it’s a terrible message.” However, the president continued, “It is what this country is all about, that you have certain freedoms to do things that other people think you shouldn’t do, but I personally am on a different side of it.”

Nike and the NFL have a deal in place that runs through 2028, with the company supplying game-day uniforms and sideline apparel to all 32 franchises. Indeed, Nike’s iconic swoosh logo is a prominent part of all NFL events.

“Pretty much want to burn my shoes,” one current NFL employee told Fox News.

The 2018 season begins on Thursday night when the Atlanta Falcons visit the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. The week leading up to the season's first weekend is usually filled with fantasy drafts, bold predictions and anticipation. However, Nike announced on Monday that the jobless quarterback, known for his role in starting players' anthem protests, would be the face of a new ad campaign to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the “Just Do It” slogan.

Conservative strategist Chris Barron told Fox News that Nike’s decision to ruffle the feathers of a partner is “a truly baffling move” at a time when the NFL is “desperately trying” to move on from the anthem issue and focus on football.

“Nike chooses to pour gasoline on the smoldering fire. And let's be completely honest here: Nike isn't 'honoring' Kaepernick, they are intentionally stoking the embers of a divisive issue to try to sell shoes,” Barron said. “The losers here are the NFL and its fans.”

Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem during a 2016 pre-season game when he was a member of the San Francisco 49ers to protest racial injustices and police brutality. The protest has enraged many veterans who feel it is disrespectful to the flag, and Trump has criticized the NFL for not being hard enough on participants.

Kaepernick opted out of his contract with the 49ers at the conclusion of the 2016 season and has not been signed by another team. He is now heading to court, claiming that team owners conspired to keep him out because of the anthem protests.

“Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. #JustDoIt,” Kaepernick posted on Twitter.

Disgruntled fans immediately took to social media to post images of Nike merchandise being set on fire. The National Association of Police Organizations has condemned the company.

The inclusion of Mr. Kaepernick in Nike’s ‘Just Do It’ ad campaign also perpetuates the falsehood that police are racist and aiming to use force against African-Americans and persons of color,” NAPO President Michael McHale wrote in a letter to Nike’s chairman.

Nike stock fell more than 2 percent in early trading on Tuesday and “#NikeBoycott” was trending on Twitter.

In an ironic twist, , sports talk radio host Clay Travis has an upcoming book titled “Republicans Buy Sneakers, Too: How the Left Is Ruining Sports With Politics.” The book’s cover features an illustration of Trump dunking a basketball on Kaepernick.

Travis called Nike’s decision “disastrous” and “pathetic,” and reiterated his theory that politics is bad for sports.

“I think this is likely to be the single most disastrous marketing decision in the history of sports. I think it will end up costing Nike billions of dollars in sales,” Travis wrote. “ I don’t want to think about politics when I buy shoes or jerseys for my kids. I don’t want every purchasing decision in my household to be a referendum on whether I agree or disagree with a company’s politics. But that’s what Nike is forcing me to do.”

Several players have kneeled during the anthem since Kaepernick started the trend, and the league attempted to implement a new policy forcing players to stand – but it is currently on hold as the players' association negotiates details with owners.

Tyler Merritt is the CEO of Nine Line Apparel, which bills itself as a “patriotic lifestyle brand” that is owned and operated by veterans. Merritt -- himself is a former Apache helicopter pilot and Special Operations air mission commander – thinks it’s absurd for Nike to make waves when football season is about to start.

“Kaepernick has also led to a mass exodus of viewership from the NFL, as fans like myself do not want to see politics injected into sports," he said. "It is ludicrous for Nike, a partner of the NFL, to support a man that has actively sought to bring down the league."

Not everyone agrees with Travis and Merritt that Nike should have stayed away from the controversy surrounding Kaepernick. Investment banker Porter Bibb told Fox News that it could turn out to be a good business decision.

“Nike feels it has more to gain from consumers empathetic with both Nike and Kaepernick than it does from partners like the NFL, which is struggling these days with its own non-Kaepernick problems,” Bibb said, pointing to rising concern over player concussions and declining TV ratings.

“I think Nike did the right thing, and you will see iconic stars like Serena [Williams] backing Colin and Nike in this situation,” Bibb said.

The NFL’s TV audience dropped 10 percent last season, according to Forbes. Many watchdogs blame Kaepernick and players protesting during the anthem for the dip.

While some fans might stop purchasing Nike sneakers, TheWrap TV editor and ratings guru Tony Maglio doesn’t think the brand bringing attention to the anthem controversy will cause ratings to slip further.

“Anyone who was already boycotting NFL games because of the ongoing national anthem controversy will be doing so anyway on Thursday, Sunday and Monday,” Maglio told Fox News.

“While news of Kaepernick's new role at Nike has re-energized those passionately for and against Colin's protest," he said, "the non-NFL-related ad campaign is unlikely to influence new people to ignore Kickoff Weekend.”

Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos and Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
 

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Nike's Kaepernick campaign puts NFL apparel deal in spotlight
By Thomas BarrabiPublished September 04, 2018SportsFOXBusiness

https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/nikes-kaepernick-campaign-puts-nfl-apparel-deal-in-spotlight

Nike’s launch of a major marketing campaign featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who is currently suing the league’s 32 owners for collusion, came just months after the league extended its partnership with the apparel giant.

Announced last March, the deal established Nike as the official supplier of NFL uniforms and sideline gear through the 2028 season – an eight-year extension on the previous terms of the agreement. While financial terms were not disclosed, Nike is likely paying more than the $1.1 billion it reportedly paid when it originally secured exclusive NFL apparel rights in 2012.

Nike remains a top corporate sponsor even as Kaepernick, who will star in a campaign celebrating the 30th anniversary of the brand’s “Just Do It” slogan, accuses league officials of conspiring to keep him off the field for his role in popularizing player protests during the national anthem. The NFL appeared to support its corporate partner’s decision in a statement Tuesday.

“The National Football League believes in dialogue, understanding and unity. We embrace the role and responsibility of everyone involved with this game to promote meaningful, positive change in our communities,” said Jocelyn Moore, the NFL’s executive vice president of communications and public affairs. “The social justice issues that Colin and other professional athletes have raised deserve our attention and action.”


Kaepernick started a nationwide debate during the 2016 NFL season when, as a member of the San Francisco 49ers, he became the first player to kneel during the national anthem to protest social injustice and police brutality in America. Protests by Kaepernick and other NFL players drew the ire of President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticized the league’s handling of the issue and called on owners to fire any player who kneels during the anthem.

The 30-year-old quarterback has not played in the NFL since he opted out of his deal with the 49ers at the end of the 2016 season, despite solid statistical performance on the field and an appearance in Super Bowl XLVII. An independent arbitrator ruled last month that his collusion grievance could proceed to trial.

Nike’s decision to feature Kaepernick in its campaign drew a mixed reaction on social media, with some commentators lauding the apparel brand’s decision and others calling for a boycott. Kaepernick has been a Nike athlete since 2011.

Nike shares fell more than 2% in trading Tuesday.

This offseason, the NFL said players would have the option of either standing on the sideline for the national anthem or waiting in the locker room. The league is currently reviewing that policy after criticism from the NFL players union.

The NFL enacted a new social justice platform last January that would contribute at least $89 million in funding toward community outreach and other efforts.
 

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HOLD MY BEER . . .
 

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Ford also jumps on the bandwagon ....:hammer:



Ford: We respect the right of NFL players to protest

Ford, (F)a sponsor of the National Football League, has voiced support for NFL players exercising their right to free speech and peaceful protest after President Donald Trump urged fans to consider a boycott.

"We respect individuals' rights to express their views, even if they are not ones we share," the company said on Monday. "That's part of what makes America great."

The company's remarks come amid a dispute between the league and Trump, who has lashed out at players who choose to take a knee during the national anthem as a sign of silent protest over racial and social injustice.

Trump said on Friday that NFL owners should fire players who refused to stand during the National Anthem. In response, players across the country knelt during the anthem before Sunday's games. Some violated the NFL's policy by staying off the field completely during the playing of the "The Star-Spangled Banner."

The NFL said it won't fine players who remained in the locker rooms while the anthem played.

Martha Firestone Ford, owner and chairwoman of the Detroit Lions and a member of the Ford family, on Sunday issued a statement criticizing President Trump for his comments.

"Our game has long provided a powerful platform for dialogue and positive change in many communities throughout our nation," she said. "Negative and disrespectful comments suggesting otherwise are contrary to the founding principles of our country, and we do not support those comments or opinions."

Ford, the country's second-largest automaker, entered into a three-year agreement with the NFL last year that made the Ford F-Series the league's official truck. Ford (F) also owns the naming rights to the Ford Field in Detroit.

The Ford family has owned the Lions for decades. Members of the family also govern the Ford company. Ford's executive chairman and chairman of the board is William Clay Ford Junior, and Edsel Ford II sits on the company's board.

Several other NFL owners have criticized the president for his remarks, including some who were big donors to the president's inauguration celebration. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that "divisive comments... demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the NFL."

Trump has doubled down on his criticism of the protesting players, their fans and the NFL. "Sports fans should never condone players that do not stand proud for their National Anthem or their Country," he tweeted on Sunday.

He also told his supporters to consider a boycott. "If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our country, you will see change take place fast," he tweeted.

Trump also seemed to dismiss the accusations that his attacks were racially motivated.

"The issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race. It is about respect for our Country, Flag and National Anthem. NFL must respect this!" Trump said in another tweet.



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