Posted on 09/07/2018 6:42:52 PM PDT by blueplum
(CNN)Some Nike fans protested the brand's move to feature Colin Kaepernick its latest ad campaign by burning their sports gear. One Missouri college responded by burning a metaphorical bridge.
College of the Ozarks announced that it is choosing "country over company" and is dropping Nike over the sportswear company's use of the former NFL player to promote the 30th anniversary of its "Just Do It" ad campaign.
"College of the Ozarks plans to remove all athletic uniforms ...
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Nike won’t care. This school isn’t their target audience.
NIKE SUX
I also heard they hire slave labor in China, sew a tag on and call it "made in USA"
Shadowed banned is CNN’s speed.
I know the president of that college unless he is retired.
We worked together at Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly around 1965. I was a green kid and he was the quarterback. I was actually probably the best player on the team but was too shy to claim my position and just let them put me where they wanted.
A few years later, I was the Quarterback and we beat another team three times our number, by 60 points.
Go to their website and buy stuff
Makes me wish I was a Nike customer, so I could stop. Still want a “Don’t do it” t-shirt.
We took our grand daughter for a campus tour back in October. Very impressed. Excellent school, great academics. Admission based on need.
No tuition there. Students work 15 hours per week.
Affectionately calls itself “Hard Work U”.
Their convocation speakers epitomize patriotism.
They have a student-run hotel and restaurant there. The Sunday brunch is to die for, but book a month in advance!
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