Nike takes sides, tapping Colin Kaepernick for new 'Just Do It' ad

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Yes, the segment that pays ALL that money for the Nike products. Those of us that will not pay for their products are the sane ones.
 
Inisfallen said:
I don’t really follow football, so I don’t know how good or not good he was.
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Pretty good, actually. Exceptionally good in some areas.


His last season when he put up above average numbers he was playing on a team that went 2-14. He absolutely should have a roster spot.
 
Nike shoes are garbage 🗑️

Brooks are far superior!

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I tried Brooks because my wife recommended them. I like them for doing everyday things. But for anything more than that I like Asics, except like a lot of things these days they don’t hold up as long as I’d like.
 
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I tried Brooks because my wife recommended them. I like them for doing everyday things. But for anything more than that I like Asics, except like a lot of things these days they don’t hold up as long as I’d like.
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Converse All-Stars. They were fine when I was in high school, they’re fine for me now, forty years later.
 
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HOKA!!
 
Kaepernick might have had a chance had he not been seen a complete hypocrite for preaching healing of the divides between police and the black community as a selling point for his stance, then being caught wearing socks portraying cops as pigs.

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He also torpedoed a chance with Baltimore after his angry girlfriend posted a picture on Twitter comparing Ray Lewis Django. While Baltimore was considering signing him. Ahem.

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Lewis: Tweet kept Ravens from signing Kap

Former Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis said Baltimore was close to signing Colin Kaepernick, until the quarterback's girlfriend posted a "racist" tweet that featured Lewis and team owner Steve Bisciotti.
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Seriously, the guy appears clueless, but if Nike wants him to endorse their stuff, it is there business to do so. Just like it is the right of NFL organizations to choose not to sign him. The blessing and curse of infamy.
 
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LeafByNiggle said:
He was a good player. Not great, but good. He had no assurance when he did this action would be accepted by Nike. It is nice to his his courage rewarded,
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The difference between courage and stupidity is measured by success and survival.

He’s not a wise man

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Theo520 said:
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LeafByNiggle:
He was a good player. Not great, but good. He had no assurance when he did this action would be accepted by Nike. It is nice to his his courage rewarded,
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The difference between courage and stupidity is measured by success and survival.

He’s not a wise man
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The year he “took a knee” in protest, there were only three NFL players that did it. The next year there were over 200. Awareness of the issue he protested has increased. Suceess, check.

CK is still alive, in good health, and doing adequately financially. Survival, check.
 
Blockquote Kaepernick didn’t sacrifice everything , it’s true, but, whether or not you agree with his position, you’ve gotta agree that an NFL career is no small thing to risk.
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Not really you know how many youths play foolsball lots so no big deal.
 
Not during the National Anthem when all are to stand and show respect.
 
slate.com

Nike Wants to Empower Young Women. Why Do the Ones in Its Factories Say They’re Treated So Badly?

This article was reported in partnership with the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute.
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While the young women who make its products in Vietnam are intimidated, belittled, and underpaid.​

Hard to argue that Kap is making much of a sacrifice compared to the young women who will be making the shoes that will have his name slapped on. It seems that “social justice” now means buying $200 sneakers made by slave labor to line the pockets of a millionaire former athlete.
 
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Wanna try Logger Boots?
 
LeafByNiggle said:
The year he “took a knee” in protest, there were only three NFL players that did it. The next year there were over 200. Awareness of the issue he protested has increased. Suceess, check.
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Ah, so he lost his job in order to get 200 people to join a racist protest. Being successful at that means being a failure as with any successes in a bad endeavor.
 
Historically there have been a lot of athletes that were condemned or experienced damaged careers because they took a stand on a social issue. To name a few:

Craig Hodges, 1992
Ariyana Smith - 2014
John Carlos and Tommie Smith, 1968 (pic below)
Muhammad Ali - 1967
Paul Robeson - 1910

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (1996) is worth mentioning. He wasn’t protesting but did not stand for the anthem for religious reasons. He was nearly suspended for this.

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Not during the National Anthem when all are to stand and show respect.
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That’s what I do but I also feel that people do have the right of protest as both honoring the flag and protesting by taking a knee are symbolic actions, and protest is as American as apple pie.
 
I don’t believe in stereotyping people or groups.

BTW, which party has traditionally been more supportive of free trade that opens its door to products made in sweatshops?
 
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…While the young women who make its products in Vietnam are intimidated, belittled, and underpaid.

Hard to argue that Kap is making much of a sacrifice compared to the young women who will be making the shoes that will have his name slapped on. It seems that “social justice” now means buying $200 sneakers made by slave labor to line the pockets of a millionaire former athlete.
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ucfengr said:
As is Democrats exploiting slave labor…
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Both of these complaints are of sort that criticize CK’s mission to correct one problem by pointing to some other problem. This is not a valid complaint. If the mission is good, it is good. If not, then it is not. Protesting mistreatment of minorities in the US does not prevent anyone from also protesting slave labor in other countries or labor inequities in other countries. This is a well-worn tactic and it should be retired. If you have a complaint about CK’s specific protest, address that protest on its own merits without deflecting to the many other problems this world faces.
 
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