Nike selects Colin Kaepernick for ‘Just Do It’ ad campaign

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/145-current-events-and-hot-social-topics/

 

Darn and I just bought two Nike shirts yesterday

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Thank you for the link to CEHST.  I was wondering where it had moved to!!  

[Randyandyuni 2,682]

2 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/145-current-events-and-hot-social-topics/

 

Darn and I just bought two Nike shirts yesterday

I bought Reebok after I read this, couldn't get off my damn knees in my Nikes

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

23 minutes ago, Satisfied said:

Thank you for the link to CEHST.  I was wondering where it had moved to!!  

how did i do that ?

[Mr&Mrs G. 903]

2 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

how did i do that ?

Just on the off chance you're not joking..... Your link goes to cehst and not the news article 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Gonna have to report yourself, NB.  Shame on you...

[spookyturtle 9,466]

3 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/145-current-events-and-hot-social-topics/

 

Darn and I just bought two Nike shirts yesterday

Return them and get your money back.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Here ya go:

 

"Kaepernick tweeted "Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything" and used Nike's iconic slogan as a hashtag. The tweet also included a black and white photo of the athlete with the slogan and signature Nike swoosh on the bottom of the image.

 

ESPN reporter Darren Rovell also tweeted the image and said Kaepernick is "the face of the company’s 30th anniversary of the 'Just Do It' campaign."

The Super Bowl quarterback has not played on a team since 2016."

 

 

 

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/national/colin-kaepernick-nike-just-do-it-campaign

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Country music artist seems not to agree...

 

[Dashinka 24,870]

54 minutes ago, Satisfied said:

Here ya go:

 

"Kaepernick tweeted "Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything" and used Nike's iconic slogan as a hashtag. The tweet also included a black and white photo of the athlete with the slogan and signature Nike swoosh on the bottom of the image.

 

ESPN reporter Darren Rovell also tweeted the image and said Kaepernick is "the face of the company’s 30th anniversary of the 'Just Do It' campaign."

The Super Bowl quarterback has not played on a team since 2016."

 

 

 

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/national/colin-kaepernick-nike-just-do-it-campaign

What did he sacrifice?  I seem to remember him getting quite a bit of interest as a back-up QB when he initially left SF.  It seems his ego was such that he couldn't accept that type of role and this probably pissed off a lot of teams.

 

As to the Nike contract he just got, of course Nike can do what they want, but to me it seems that when companies pick a side politically, it really alienates a lot of folks.  I constantly go back to the Michael Jordan example, does anyone really know MJ's politics?  He made a lot of money for Nike by not alienating a large portion of the population.  This plan by Nike that essentially says 'they hate cops', and endorse communism may not work out well for them.  Are they going to include pig socks in the Kaepernick line and change the swoosh to a hammer and sickle?

[OriZ 3,157]

I am not sure who is the genius who thought this will be a good business move LOL

[Dashinka 24,870]

50 minutes ago, OriZ said:

I am not sure who is the genius who thought this will be a good business move LOL

Somebody feeling guilty and with a desire to inject social justice into an athletic apparel company. 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Backlash after Colin Kaepernick named face of Nike ad

 

 

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2018/09/04/colin-kaepernick-earns-support-from-strange-bedfellows-over-nike-ad.html

[Ban Hammer 13,643]

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

John Brennan Praised Colin Kaepernick On Twitter For Kneeling "To Form A More Perfect Union"

 

https://www.bustle.com/p/john-brennan-praised-colin-kaepernick-on-twitter-for-kneeling-to-form-a-more-perfect-union-11485903