Stock holders will have the final say, bet some hotshot at the top will be a mailroom flunkie soon.

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Oh, right. I was thinking they were playing the anthem again at half time or whatever they have in hockey.

Periods. They have periods in hockey.

That would explain the fights

Meow!

Fortunately my past investment in Nike products have been minor and boil down to two worn t-shirts that I have had for a very long time that are well on their way to being disposed of, a pair of sneakers that I tried wearing for about a month and were an exercise in torture and were given away, and my glasses frames that unfortunately fit me really well and will not be replaced anytime soon. The saving grace is that the frames have dark gray temples and the Nike logo is tiny and black, so it kinda blends in and doesn't really stand out or advertise them.

Nike really screwed the pooch on this one and they will pay dearly for it, I don't care how much thug culture, SJW, or other progressive folks they think they are pandering to.

Isn't it ironic how much the left touts that Conservatives are only about the wealthy, big business, and oppressing the "little guy" (which most of us conservatives actually are, just more thoughtful and educated), yet many of the larger well known corporations actually have strong liberal leanings and are quick to use their political positions, and economic and social clout to virtue signal and try to influence people with cheap theatrics and low brow marketing?

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Watching the band try to march on the ice at NHL half time show is a treat.

Almost as funny as watching the cheerleaders on the ice

Another college ending use of Nike.
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Truett McConnell University drops Nike relationship

Truett McConnell University has decided to end its relationship Nike citing the company's decision to align itself with disgraced ex-NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

The Christian university in Cleveland, Georgia announced Friday it will no longer purchase or sell Nike apparel. The university's athletic teams will also discontinue their relationship with the sports giant.

"Any profits from remaining Nike gear sold through our campus store will be directly donated to Wounded Warriors and the Fraternal Order of Police," university President Emir Caner said.

Nike has drawn national outrage after they named Kaepernick as the face of its "Just Do It" campaign. Kaepernick sparked a national movement to protest law enforcement by taking a knee during the national anthem.

“We believe Colin is one of the most inspirational athletes of this generation, who has leveraged the power of sport to help move the world forward,” Nike spokesperson Gino Fisanotti told ESPN.

The ad features Kaepernick's face along with the words: "Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything."

Among those expressing outrage was President Trump – who said the Nike partnership with Kaepernick sent a "terrible message."

"What was Nike thinking?" President Trump tweeted.

Caner said Truett McConnell University will not be associated with anyone who "mocks our troops."

“America has sacrificially given my family the freedoms we enjoy today,” Caner said. “My wife, who was raised under the oppression of socialistic communism, became a citizen five years ago, joyfully pledging allegiance to these United States and her flag.”

“For Nike to then hire Colin Kaepernick,” added Caner, “a person known for wearing pigs on his socks, mocking law enforcement, kneeling against our flag, and mocking our troops, is reprehensible to my family and to the Truett McConnell family.”

The university, which is affiliated with the Georgia Baptist Convention, is willing to reconsider its ban – but only if Nike makes serious concessions.

“If Nike chooses to apologize to our troops and to our law enforcement officers, then - and only then - will TMU reconsider their brand,” said President Caner. “In the meanwhile, let us honor true heroes, those who protect us daily, some even sacrificing their own lives. They are the true heroes.”

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion...ke-relationship.html

Glad to see TMU taking a stand. I admire Dr. Caner he is an honorable man.

It just boggles the mind that this day and age a company, which I would presume still has an overarching goal of turning a profit and providing value to its shareholders, would go political. Right or left. Whatever you do, you’re going to piss off large numbers of potential customers!

That is still the goal, right? Why would they think this would be a good idea?? Why can’t people just focus on selling a product?

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Because Nike, as pointed out to me in an earlier post, can afford to piss off the masses in the USA due to their presence in the world market. They can virtue signal here without affecting their profits in Asia. In other words, TDGAF about America.

September 8, 2018
Nike Goes Long on Kaepernick and America's Self-Hatred

Nike, the world's leading athletic footwear and apparel brand, recently made Colin Kaepernick the face most identifiable with the company after it released an ad with his picture, captioned: "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything." Kaepernick utters those very words in Nike's new commercial, which depicts him staring reverently at the American flag.

The ad campaign seeks to present Kaepernick as a patriot who loves America, in spite of his having become a victim of its intolerance.

Anyone paying the slightest bit of attention, however, knows that nothing could be further from the truth.

First of all, as someone who watched the guy play for years, I take issue with the Nike's choice to nourish this ridiculous myth that Kaepernick somehow wasn't allowed to reach his peak athletic greatness in the NFL because he chose to take center stage as a Black Lives Matter protestor.

The unspoken truth in this campaign is that Kaepernick was just not a very good quarterback by NFL standards. Yes, he took over for an injured Alex Smith in 2012 to lead the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl. After that, however, he fell hard from that early and short-lived pinnacle in his career. In what you might call his three-season heyday of 2012-2014, he did manage to rack up an incredible 1,500+ rushing yards in San Francisco's read-option scheme. Yet even in these, his very best years, he was still one of "the league's least-accurate passers," according to Kevin Seifert at ESPN.

In 2015 and 2016, he ranked 35th in off-target passing percentage (22.6%) and 32nd in completion percentage (59.1%). These numbers are nothing short of abysmal.

Unsurprisingly, the beginning of the 2017 NFL season found him as a 29-year-old free agent, and all but washed up as an NFL starter. "There's no more important attribute for a quarterback than accuracy, especially for a free agent who is shopping himself to teams with various schemes," Seifert writes.

In short, protest or no protest, Kaepernick would likely be a backup today, at best. Just as he was a backup when he first decided to kneel for the National Anthem in 2016.

Is that the "everything" that he "sacrificed?"

And what did Kaepernick "believe" so fervently that he "sacrificed" all of that mediocrity to promote it?

He proudly refused "to stand up and show pride" in the American flag, because America is nothing more, in his mind, than "a country that oppresses black people and people of color." He believes that police officers are pigs (if we are to believe his socks represent his beliefs) who stalk the streets at night looking to maim and murder black people for no reason at all. He praised mass-murderer and Communist Fidel Castro who made slaves of the Cuban people, while he enjoys the free speech rights allowing him to become millions of dollars richer via Nike endorsements.

Perhaps the best indication of his deeper beliefs occurred back in November of 2016, when he invoked radical Black Panther ideology, hosting a "Black Panther-inspired youth camp" in which campers wore a T-shirt with "10 rights listed on the back that organizers said every child of color should know." These "10 rights" were "inspired by the popular Ten-Point Program created by the Black Panther Party," which, at that time, had just "celebrated its 50th anniversary."

The Washington Times reports this all very nonchalantly. But what some of us know, though the general public may not, is that the Ten-Point Program he pressed upon those children was a racist call for revolutionary socialism and violence against White Americans. Among these Ten Points is a suggestion that "the federal government has the obligation to give every man employment or guaranteed income." If the "White American businessman will not give full employment, then the means of production must be taken from the businessman and placed in the community."

These points also include the demand that black men are to be exempt from military service so as not to "be forced to fight in the military service to defend a racist government" and a demand that "all Black people should be released from the many jails and prisons" because they have all, ostensibly, been wrongfully been imprisoned due to the color of their skin.

All of that militant radicalism and America-hatred is what Colin Kaepernick believes so fervently that he bravely gave up a few more years of being a backup in the NFL to promote it.

I have no idea how Nike's new ad campaign will fare in a business sense. Marketing data undoubtedly suggest that younger demographics may respond well to this campaign, and it may yield increased revenues for the company.

Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, told Tucker Carlson on Wednesday that, "as a shareholder, I like the move. Everyone's talking about it, it makes [Nike] relevant."

Carlson went on to say, "So you think they're going to gain more from people who are "fighting the power" with millionaire Colin Kaepernick than they will lose from people like me, who are, like, "I'm New Balance from here on out?""

Portnoy chides Carlson by saying, "I'd like to see the pair of Nikes you wore, 'cause I'm willing to bet they're not that trendy, not that hip."

Nike's almost certainly thinking the same thing. But consider that, perhaps, Portnoy and Nike are missing a key factor here.

Who often buys the products, after all?

Take me, for instance. I'm a husband, and dad of two, in my thirties. I'd never suggest that I'm trendy or hip, and no, I don't wear the most expensive Nike sneakers every day.

However, I do own two pair of Nike cross-trainers that I regularly wear to the gym. In fact, I think I've bought (or have had bought for me) a pair of Nike sneakers every year for as long as I can remember.

And don't get me started about the gear. My family and I own countless shirts, pairs of shorts and wind pants, hats, etc. that bear Nike's trademark Swoosh. And I think I can safely say that I have, for years, annually spent at least $3-400 on Nike shoes and gear for me, my children, or as birthday or Christmas gifts for family members.

But I'm not going to buy Nike anything for myself, my kids, or anyone else as long as Kaepernick remains a face of the brand. I'd wager I'm not alone in that.

Nike's certainly free to alienate unhip thirty-somethings like me. Maybe that's part of their good business move, I guess. Time will tell. But if I were a betting man, I'd bet that the move might yield a lot of grandparents, parents, and generally less-hip-older folks (you know, people with money) who have historically bought their product who will, in the future, choose to buy different products because of this stupid, tone-deaf marketing campaign celebrating a militant, mediocre sports figure who clearly and proudly hates everything for which America stands.

Read more: https://www.americanthinker.co...d.html#ixzz5QWUVe2ry

Maybe Nikes stuff is made overseas in sweatshops that are being affected by Trumps Trade Policies?

Liberty University is reviewing our contract with Nike.

"Nike didn’t immediately return requests for comment.

“It’s just something we’re exploring,” Falwell said. “It could be a marketing ploy and if it is, we will probably overlook it. But if it’s really how the leadership of the company feels and they’re attacking law enforcement and military folks on purpose and then why deal with them when there’s plenty of others out there.”

Link to article in USA today

My small part, spent $180 at the New Balance store today for some made in USA shoes.

One of the ads came on today during the OU-UCLA game. It was really a poor ad by traditional standards, nothing exciting or catchy about it. Sort of dark and dreary IMO. Regardless of which side one takes in this issue, I don't think it will be viewed by anyone as a good product advertisement.

Nike needs to hire a marketing company with people who have at least a GED on staff.

Fox is reporting surging sales.

It will surge for a short time, the young are going to buy their stuff for a short time, then it will fall off. Its like when the Dems call for a boycott, it always blows up in their face in the end.