Nike unveils new ad featuring Colin Kaepernick

I agree fully. It might be legal, it might be covered by free speech laws and the freedom to assemble, but it is not patriotic. The values expressed are contrary to our Constitution. I believe dissent is patriotic when the government at some level does not live up to the Constitution.

 

The claim that this issue was being ignored is false. There was no shortage of media coverage on the issue before. Police were already getting body cams and progress was being made before he took a knee. I respect the NFLs right to free speech and their decision to own his message. Their choice on when to deliver this message forces us to make a choice, and I choose those who fought for his right to protest in the first place. I will not be a consumer of their product.

 

The point I’m trying to make is that no successful protest was ever done with anyone’s convenience or comfort in mind. If they were, many of them would be ignored and forgotten. Had people simply pretended Kap wasn’t there he’d have been forgotten and we wouldn’t be talking now.

 

Jesus Christ we’re still talking about this and it’s past mid 2018?

 

Well I WAS going to refrain from wearing socks with policemen as pigs on them as I crazily assumed that that would keep me from getting a huge sport-wear endorsement deal (silly me) but I guess now that's perfectly 100% acceptable, so I'll go ahead and wear socks with cops as pigs now. Also, those Third Reich socks that I WAS thinking about refraining from wearing are getting a whole new look from me....

 

Mark my words, Caepernick will one day be revealed as a Reebok secret double-agent!

Edit: OR maybe he just hates America - I don't know.

 

Kaepernick is a repulsive individual.

This is a net loser for Nike.

 

Are black people "targeted" by cops more because cops are racist, and evil, and vile, OR because cops know that blacks have had a much much higher per-capita incident of illegal behavior*?

[Caveat: however, like with stock predicting, past performance does not indicate future performance.]

 

So is Under Armour.

 

I don't know, how is it going to hurt them?

 

Whoa, whoa, whoa!!! Didn't you get the DNC memo(!!??): we can't hold people, like, say Muslims, to the same standards that we hold OURSELVES to, because that would be RACIST!!!

 

Adidas did the right thing.

Competitive Adidas Unveils Darren Wilson As New Face Of Brand

https://www.theonion.com/competitive-adidas-unveils-darren-wilson-as-new-face-of-1828804006

 

More people are offended by Kaepernick than admire him.

 

Well, there's me, and I don't wear nikes, who else?

 

Nike is making a POLITICAL statement against Trump - not a business statement/decision, pure and simple.
Brilliant as a POLITICAL statement, but not really advisable as a BUSINESS decision - but it's their money they can do what they want with it.

Nike is an NFL partner....the NFL should do the right thing and quietly end that relationship.

 

If you think that’s repulsive, wait till I tell you about the self righteous white people who now boycott Nike but not when they heard about those sweat shops they supposedly have.

 

"Offended"....or "repulsed"??

 

So the price of stocks will go down..

 

Polls showed most Americans do not favor Kaepernick and kneeling during the national anthem. The NFL lost many viewers because of it.

That's a lot of people. But if you require me to list them individually, by name, I don't have the time to do that.

 

Is the Pack supported by Nike?

 

Sweat shops? Not surprising for a company led by leftists.

 

Someone in the know sold Nike stock short right before green-lighting this ad campaign, guaranteed. That's the only logical explanation that I can think of.

 

All NFL teams are supported by Nike in exchange for wearing the Swoosh on their jerseys.

 

Well, the point is they are mostly trump supporters, but none of them actually care about insults to this country, in fact they support it wholeheartedly as long as it's trump doing it. So, it isn't the insult to flag or country that is the problem, it's just that he is on the wrong political team. But also, they aren't the core demographic.