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Colin Kaepernick’s Controversial Nike Campaign
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| 4 Sep 2018
| Jim Geraghty
Posted on 09/04/2018 4:01:09 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Nike Was the Name of the Greek Goddess Who Personified Sports-Marketing Victory
If you ever wondered what it would take to get the woke Social Justice Warrior crowd to loudly support a multinational corporation with nearly $35 billion in revenue in 2017; that pays its assembly line workers about 2.5 percent of production costs; that faces accusations that its factories bar independent inspections of working conditions; whose workers frequently faint from heat and exhaustion, and suffer wage theft, forced overtime, restrictions on their use of toilets, exposure to toxic solvents, and padlocked exit doors . . . well, apparently Colin Kaepernick is all that it takes.
Apparently the it in just do it is not urination, at least for those stuck on the assembly line making the sneakers, hats, and apparel. But very few people will be thinking of that sort of scandal when they hear the word Nike these days, thanks to this news:
Colin Kaepernick, the former N.F.L. quarterback who inspired a player protest movement but who has been out of a job for more than a year, has signed a new, multiyear deal with Nike that makes him a face of the 30th anniversary of the sports apparel companys Just Do It campaign, Nike confirmed on Monday.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloggers; colinkaepernick; formernflqb; nfl; nike
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Eff them, eff the NFL, and eff Nike!
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posted on
09/04/2018 4:01:09 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
The POS has an IQ the equivalent of his shoe size.
To: WyCoKsRepublican
I doubt that Kaepernick knows that Nike shoes are made in Asian sweat shops paying around 11 cents an hour. But I doubt that he’s even care.
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posted on
09/04/2018 4:47:31 PM PDT
by
laplata
(Leftists/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: WyCoKsRepublican
how does he stand up with feet so small?
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posted on
09/04/2018 4:52:12 PM PDT
by
cableguymn
(We need a redneck in the white house....)
To: cableguymn
He doesn’t stand up. That’s the problem.
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posted on
09/04/2018 4:59:54 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: fhayek
I stopped watching the NBA
I stopped watching the NFL
I will never buy another pair of Nikes
However I support their right to insult their customers and cut their revenue for as long as they remain in business.
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posted on
09/04/2018 5:13:20 PM PDT
by
Fred911
(YOU GET WHAT YOU ACCEPT)
To: Rummyfan
New Balance.
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posted on
09/04/2018 5:21:00 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Drew68
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posted on
09/04/2018 5:22:33 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: Drew68
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posted on
09/04/2018 5:23:54 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: Rummyfan
The NFL BOYCOTT
You graduated high school in 2011. Your teenage years were a struggle. You grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. Your mother was the leader of the family and worked tirelessly to keep a roof over your head and food on your plate. Academics were a struggle for you and your grades were mediocre at best. The only thing that made you stand out is you weighed 225 lbs and could run 40 yards in 4.2 seconds while carrying a football. Your best friend was just like you, except he didnt play football. Instead of going to football practice after school, he went to work at McDonalds for minimum wage. You were recruited by all the big colleges and spent every weekend of your senior year making visits to universities where coaches and boosters tried to convince you their school was best. They laid out the red carpet for you. Your best friend worked double shifts at Mickey Ds. College was not an option for him. On the day you signed with Big State University, your best friend signed paperwork with his Army recruiter You went to summer workouts.
He went to basic training.
You spent the next four years living in the athletic dorm, eating at the training table. You spent your Saturdays on the football field, cheered on by adoring fans. Tutors attended to your every academic need. You attended class when you felt like it. Sure, you worked hard. You lifted weights, ran sprints, studied plays, and soon became one of the top football players in the country. Your best friend was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division. While you were in college, he deployed to Iraq once and Afghanistan twice. He became a Sergeant and led a squad of 19 year old soldiers who grew up just like he did. He shed his blood in Afghanistan and watched young American's give their lives, limbs, and innocence for the USA.
You went to the NFL combine and scored off the charts. You hired an agent and waited for draft day. You were drafted in the first round and your agent immediately went to work, ensuring that you received the most money possible. You signed for $16 million although you had never played a single down of professional football. Your best friend re-enlisted in the Army for four more years. As a combat tested sergeant, he will be paid $32,000 per year.
You will drive a Ferrari on the streets of South Beach. He will ride in the back of a Blackhawk helicopter with 10 other combat loaded soldiers. You will sleep at the Ritz. He will dig a hole in the ground and try to sleep. You will make it rain in the club.. He will pray for rain as the temperature reaches 120 degrees.
On Sunday, you will run into a stadium as tens of thousands of fans cheer and yell your name. For your best friend, there is little difference between Sunday and any other day of the week. There are no adoring fans. There are only people trying to kill him and his soldiers. Every now and then, he and his soldiers leave the front lines and go to the rear to rest He might be lucky enough to catch an NFL game on TV. When the National Anthem plays and you take a knee, he will jump to his feet and salute the television. While you protest the unfairness of life in the United States, he will give thanks to God that he has the honor of defending his great country.
To the players of the NFL: We are the people who buy your tickets, watch you on TV, and wear your jerseys. We anxiously wait for Sundays so we can cheer for you and marvel at your athleticism. Although we love to watch you play, we care little about your opinions until you offend us. You have the absolute right to express yourselves, but we have the absolute right to boycott you. We have tolerated your drug use and DUIs, your domestic violence, and your vulgar displays of wealth. We should be ashamed for putting our admiration of your physical skills before what is morally right. But now you have gone too far. You have insulted our flag, our country, our soldiers, our police officers, and our veterans. You are living the American dream, yet you disparage our great country. I am done with NFL football and encourage all like minded Americans to boycott the NFL as well.
National boycott of the NFL for Sunday November 12th, Veterans Day Weekend. Boycott all football telecast, all fans, all ticket holders, stay away from attending any games, let them play to empty stadiums.
Pass this post along to all your friends and family. Honor our military, some of whom come home with the American Flag draped over their coffin.
To: Drew68
Vionic
New Balance
Brooks
Nike shoes are like putting on slightly padded cardboard to me. I hate them. Haven’t worn Nike in many years.
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posted on
09/04/2018 5:25:25 PM PDT
by
petitfour
(APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
To: laplata
Why not just add a 500% tariff on imported Nike products. Let them fund ‘crap-on-neck’ with the profits from the sales to the NFL rich ‘superstars’.
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posted on
09/04/2018 5:29:15 PM PDT
by
Oscar in Batangas
(12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
To: Drew68
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posted on
09/04/2018 5:30:24 PM PDT
by
x
To: x
I hate to admit it though, I really like Adidas running shoes. They are just about perfect.
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posted on
09/04/2018 5:48:53 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Oscar in Batangas
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posted on
09/04/2018 5:53:07 PM PDT
by
laplata
(Leftists/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: Rummyfan
I have a Nike decal on my car in honor of my grandson. Guess it’s gotta go...
To: Rummyfan
Nike is giving us some great memes, FWIW.
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posted on
09/04/2018 6:05:16 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: VideoDoctor
I’ve read that before but thank you for posting it.
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posted on
09/04/2018 6:08:35 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: Drew68
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posted on
09/04/2018 6:10:34 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: Rummyfan
I see no controversy. It is all quite straightforward.
They have made it clear they do not want the dollars of honest, non-millionaire patriots.
I am glad to oblige.
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posted on
09/04/2018 6:40:13 PM PDT
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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