~~~~~~~~Don't Do It!!!
Posted on 09/03/2018 4:14:41 PM PDT by mandaladon
Nike unveiled a new ad on Monday for the 30th anniversary of its "Just Do It" campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick, who has remained unsigned by an NFL team for nearly two years.
The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback tweeted an image from the new campaign featuring a close-up photo of his face, accompanied by the words "Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything."
Kaepernick became the first player to take a knee during the national anthem during the 2016 NFL season as part of an effort to protest social injustice. He became a free agent at the end of the season, and has remained unsigned.
The player has since filed a grievance alleging that league owners colluded to keep him off a team. An arbitrator ruled last week that Kaepernick's case will go to trial. ESPN reported that Nike signed Kaepernick to an endorsement deal in 2011, and has maintained that contract since then.
"We believe Colin is one of the most inspirational athletes of this generation, who has leveraged the power of sport to help move the world forward," Gino Fisanotti, Nike's vice president of brand for North America, told ESPN.
In the roughly two years since Kapernick first started kneeling, numerous other players have taken a knee, raised a fist or have stayed off the field during the playing of the national anthem in protest of social injustice.
President Trump has lashed out at protesting players, declaring they should be fired and suggesting they don't belong in the country.
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~~~~~~~~Don't Do It!!!
Nike has just given another example that They are not Us.
So glad I switched to Adidas shoes years ago. No more Nike anything for me.
Nike’s off my list.
He looks like a pussy
Hope there enough blacks to support Nikes bottom line
Bye bye, Nike. Not another penny.
Just do what?...
then again I dont care.........
Nike stuff is grossly over priced to start
This may rank up there with “New Coke” for marketing ideas that backfire spectacularly.
Said this on another thread:
ZERO NIKE AT ANY TIME for me and my family.
I am in a moment discarding remaining shoes.
Will you join me, FRiends?
Keeping with the theme of just do it I will shoplift my next pair of Nikes
Never owned nor wore any Nike products. Definitely do not plan to either.
I just burned my nike
I don’t give a shit about what you “believe.” I want to know what your convictions are.
And now we know where Nike stands. Can’t wait to see the stock drop to nothing.
Kill your career and a multi-billion dollar business at the same time. Nike has apparently figured out that that's every athlete's dream.
Is Nike that stupid?
(sorry, that was rhetorical)
Obviously they are.
Had my first pair of Nike shoes ~ 1975. Never again.
Let them know what you think of this:
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And a muslim.
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