Posted on 07/02/2019 7:06:35 AM PDT by Segovia
Nike Nixes ‘Betsy Ross Flag’ Sneaker After Colin Kaepernick Intervenes. Kaepernick quit professional football with over $20 million in the bank (after winning only 3 games in 2 years). He turned down $14 million from the 49ers and instead has a $40 million contract with Nike. For someone who wears Fidel Castro tee shirts he is quite the capitalist!
Nike is nixing plans to release a sneaker in celebration of July 4 after NFL star Colin Kaepernick spoke out against using the Revolutionary War era flag design. The company had planned to release the Air Max 1 USA for sale this week, featuring the early flag designed by Betsy Ross with a circle of 13 stars for the 13 colonies. Nike then asked retailers to return the product after shipping them out, without explanation. "Nike has chosen not to release the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July as it featured the old version of the American flag,” a Nike spokeswoman said. Kaepernick, a Nike endorser and activist, reportedly reached out to Nike after images of the design surfaced online and said the flag used was an offensive symbol connected to an era of slavery. Kaepernick made headlines after he began kneeling on the field during the national anthem in 2016 to draw attention to racial inequality. Nike made Kaepernick the face of an ad campaign in September. https://www.wsj.com/…/nike-nixes-betsy-ross-flag-sneaker-af…
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So uh...what’s Nike doing in the US?
And of course it will cost Nike big time; who will say they are too big to fail?
Selling sneakers made by slaves.
NIKE management must be brain dead. K-nick is poison.
I have to admit, I never saw it coming: the hatred for this country that now exists at the largest and most successful American corporations.
Nike is consumer blind. Kapernick is a worthless EX-nfl player.
Anybody know a reliable way to get around the WSJ paywall?
I don’t wear sneakers. I wear boots.
I doubt it. Their sales went up after Kapperdick joined with them. I assume their shoes are mainly bought (or stolen) by hood-rats and America-haters. They were probably right to cancel the shoe. Nike making a pro-American shoe is incongruous.
Nix Nike. Has a catchy sound to it.
Heard on the radio this morning that there is big blowback on Nike’s decision...Nike stock went down 3% immediately...
Should’ve went down 30%...
Don’t buy Nike ever.............
On WEEI sports radio out of Boston this morning they thought that this might be some kind of publicity stunt. That they did this to actually drive up the price and demand for this shoe with America lovers.
I wear Brooks. I have not bought Nike’s in years.
Arizona Gov. Ducey to pull Nike plant incentives over reported Colin Kaepernick, Betsy Ross flag flap!
So how many other states have given Nike Plant tax?
We will continue to boycott, Nike and its hate America tv outlets with our going on 4 years of cutting our cable.
We use Sling Blue which doesn’t carry ESPN, ABC nor the Disney anti America channels. So Disney and Colon don’t get a penny from us.
Our monthly savings are now over $250 per month versus standard Comcast that carries ESPN, ABC, nor the Disney anti America channels.
“I have to admit, I never saw it coming: the hatred for this country that now exists at the largest and most successful American corporations.”
This!! So THIS!!!
F Nike!!!!!! And any other anti-American company or person—THEY MAKE ME SICK!!!!!!!!!!
Oh Yeah-—I LOVE OUR PRESIDENT!!!!
MAGA on!!!!!!!
This won't hurt them a bit with those who constitute the core market for Felony Fliers.
Why not just make the Krapper CEO of Nike? He seems to be running the company these days.
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