Posted on 07/03/2020 9:14:01 AM PDT by rktman
Nike, in an apparent bid to force the Washington Redskins to change their name, has removed all Redskins gear from its website.
Moreover, the vertical drop-down menu on the left side of the screen, which displays the names of all 32 NFL teams, does not show the Washington Redskins.
“Last year, Nike omitted the team name from its annual Salute to Service collection,” according to Pro Football Talk. “The more recent action sends a much stronger message.”
Despite Nike’s apparent new-found problem in doing business with the Redskins. The athletic apparel giant does not appear to have any problem maintaining ties to regimes that use slave labor.
In March of this year, a non-partisan Australian think tank revealed that Nike was one of 83 corporations to maintain “active ties” to factories in China that are believed to use Muslim slave labor.
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Screw the D.C. Mayor, let her new stadium go BK.
“Hope the Redskins stand firm.”
They are about to fold on the question.
Nike has an exclusive contract with the NFL until 2028. I expect there are detailed contracts stating what its obligations are to the league and teams. The owners of the Redskins have to decide whether to roll over or enforce their legal rights.
I say we remove NIKE from allowing to see in the US until it brings its production back to the US.
The Swooshztika
Next they’ll go after the “Washington”.
Change it to the Washington Cops and make the colors Blue an White
>>Next they’ll go after the “Washington”.<<
Yep, they are taking down statues of George Washington so the name will be the next thing that has to go.
I am wondering what “Redskins’ has to do with ‘blm’. What am I missing?
You mean Nike of sweat shop fame? That Nike?
I would be honored to be removed from anything doing with Nike.
Sorry G Larry:
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‘Washington Dumbasses’ is available.
This evil act haunts me to this day. I’m not even comfortable in my safe space (under my kitchen table). I therefore demand that the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Las Vegas Raiders change both their names and their logos.
Plus they must give me some money for all my suffering. A million bucks might just do it.
Nike has been dead for me for a long time. This just reaffirms my position.
May as well include Tampa Bay in there.
Not sure if I ever had anything by them. Certainly don’t now.
Oh yeah. It will always be something.
Next they’ll go after the “Washington”.
And after that D.C.
Who was forced to go to the Nike site to learn that the Redskins gear had been taken down?
It is like a bear in the woods question.
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