Apparently this dude has veto power over these business decisions. Since he is offended, that overrides every other consideration.
What sorts of idiots run Nike, that they give in to this crap? All this does is set them up for having to give in to future demands , otherwise be condemned as racist .
I guess he told Nike that he wouldn’t don a pair of those sneakers under an endorsement contract.
It’s up to Nike.
Nike’s profit margin depends on selling overpriced stuff to inner cities. I used the Air Pegasus model from back before the added the “Air”, but they don’t make $$$ selling a single pair of sneakers a year to an old white jogger. So now I jog in New Balance and will never buy a Nike product again.
And Nike doesn’t care about losing me. Their profit comes from kids fighting each other to have the latest color on their basketball shoes.
And that’s the key with leftist asshats.
Give in to 1 demand.
They got 10 more ready to go.
Might even have been some wanker at Nike’s idea in the first place.
Remember where Nike is...Beaverton Oregon...Just outside of Portland...Liberal/communist/socialist/Antifa enter of the USA...
They’re not idiots. They are power and money hungry wealthy white men, who have no loyalty to anyone except probably their coke dealers and mistresses.
They’re all hedonistic wealthy jackals with no moral compass.
They also understand that blacks buy and love Nikes more than anything or anyone else. They’ll use all their money to buy those cheaply made shoes.