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Fans Burn Nike Gear in Response to Colin Kaepernick’s ‘Just Do It’ Ad Campaign
Breitbart ^ | 3 Sep 2018 | Dylan Gwinn

Posted on 09/04/2018 12:37:12 AM PDT by conservative98

Nike announced its “Just Do It” ad campaign on Monday, featuring former NFL player and original anthem protester Colin Kaepernick. News of the campaign comes only days before the kickoff of the 2018 NFL regular season. Nike tweeted:

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Colin Kaepernick ✔ @Kaepernick7 Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. #JustDoIt

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However, this news was not welcome to all. Specifically, to fans who believe Colin Kaepernick has disrespected law enforcement, the military, the flag, anthem, and just about everything that makes America great.

As a result, some fans took to Twitter and took out their frustrations on their Nike gear:

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KEYWORDS: colinkaepernick; formernflqb; kaepernick; kapernick; nfl; nike; nikeboycott; trump
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To: mewzilla
I think the size and volume of the response against Nike will be an important event.

It will show how big the anti-NFL movement really is. Or isn't.

21 posted on 09/04/2018 2:51:36 AM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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To: airborne

I think if Nikes start showing up in SA stores, other than refusing to buy and wear their stuff, it’ll be the worst thing folks could do to Nike.


22 posted on 09/04/2018 2:59:01 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: airborne
It will show how big the anti-NFL movement really is. Or isn't.I think declining ad rates and make goods, declining ticket revenue has already answered that one :-)
23 posted on 09/04/2018 3:02:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: mewzilla
It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be not watching the Steelers all last year.

But I didn't watch a single game last year - not even the Super Bowl. And I won't be watching any NFL games this year.

College ball is good enough until hockey season starts back up.

24 posted on 09/04/2018 3:11:31 AM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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To: conservative98

Time to Dixie Chick nike.
F em


25 posted on 09/04/2018 3:11:33 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Criminals at F.B.I., Justice Dept, I.R.S and No one taken out in cuffs? Federal gub mint is crappola)
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To: conservative98

Besides being a sh***y QB, Kaepernick is as dumb as a bag of hammers. What’s not mentioned enough is that he’s pulling his stunts for one reason: To get in the pants of his 36 y/o radical Muzzie girlfriend who has filled his empty skull full of B.S.


26 posted on 09/04/2018 3:21:25 AM PDT by nickedknack
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This could be a “New Coke” moment for Nike.

Nike is not a brand that I have ever purchased or went out of my way to shop for. I am swoosh free, except for a couple of golf balls I’ve found while out on the links.


27 posted on 09/04/2018 3:30:04 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: conservative98

Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.

28 posted on 09/04/2018 3:31:19 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: hattend
“Burning your shoes doesn’t do anything. Nike already has your money”

Not how I see it. With that prominent Logo, wearing their attire is marketing the brand. Two Nike Caps going in the trash today.

29 posted on 09/04/2018 3:34:26 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: hattend
“Burning your shoes doesn’t do anything. Nike already has your money”

Not how I see it. With that prominent Logo, wearing their attire is marketing the brand. Two Nike Caps going in the trash today.

30 posted on 09/04/2018 3:34:29 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: hattend

I wouldn’t burn them either. I suggest a NIKE doantion drive. Donate truckloads to inner city Goodwills. If any poor kid can get them for a buck or two, there goes part of their cache. Who would kill for a pair of cheap shoes that any kid can get for next to nothing.

And at the same time, you help shod the poor. That would be more charity to the black community than many of the kneelers have done. Destroy Nike while doing good.


31 posted on 09/04/2018 3:37:50 AM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: Bob434

Wow- what a brilliant move by nike- embrace someone who hates this country and hates those that serve to protect him and all of us 24/7 selflessly!

Nike sells footwear and other gear for police depts. One can bet the procurement section for any police dept is going to strike Nike from its vendors list.

What a bonehead move by Nike.


32 posted on 09/04/2018 3:47:42 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: Boomer

Nike probably won’t be fazed by any boycott by us. The crowd that buys their stuff (or murders people to get their stuff) will continue to support them.


33 posted on 09/04/2018 3:57:28 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: conservative98

Instead of “Just do it”, they need to change it to, “Take a knee - loser”


34 posted on 09/04/2018 4:17:43 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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To: conservative98

Remember, leftists hate you and they will use the money you willingly give you to find ways to destroy your way of life with the goal to control you or, if not, to kill you.

JoMa


35 posted on 09/04/2018 4:22:22 AM PDT by joma89
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To: conservative98

Shorting Nike stock...


36 posted on 09/04/2018 4:37:17 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: hattend

Burning the shoes sends a message that this is the last pair that consumer will ever wear.


37 posted on 09/04/2018 4:39:01 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: trebb

Or Just Do Something Stupid...


38 posted on 09/04/2018 4:40:40 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: conservative98

Screw Nike. I used to love their shoes and their apparel. I hope they go bankrupt.


39 posted on 09/04/2018 4:41:56 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Seems the Left doesn’t believe it’s own sloganeering when it comes to monuments to men who believed in something and sacrificed everything for the Confederacy.


40 posted on 09/04/2018 4:50:00 AM PDT by chrisser
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