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| Savor the limelight |
Bama, that's not what the article you have quoted says now. The article in the link makes it clear that those comments by Ford were from last year. the grio seems to be a fake news sight. Here are the current Cord related portions of the article right from your link: "A year ago, the Ford Motor Company, which owns the Detroit Lions, pushed back on President Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric against NFL players who chose to protest by taking a knee or not standing during the playing of the National Anthem. “We respect individuals’ rights to express their views, even if they are not ones we share,” the company said in a 2017 statement. “That’s part of what makes America great.”" "Ford also has a heavy stake in the NFL with team ownership and last year, the company entered into a three-year agreement making the Ford F-Series the league’s official truck." "Martha Firestone Ford, owner and chairwoman of the Detroit Lions and a member of the Ford family, boldly fired back at Trump for his divisive comments in an epic 2017 statement. “Our game has long provided a powerful platform for dialogue and positive change in many communities throughout our nation,” she said to CNN Money. “Negative and disrespectful comments suggesting otherwise are contrary to the founding principles of our country, and we do not support those comments or opinions.” Ford also owns the naming rights to the Ford Field in Detroit." So, Ford said said something, last year, about supporting player protetests. The own a team and towed the NFL line. They haven't exactly put Kapernick in a Mustang or F-series commercial, have they? I fail to see how Ford's cowardice rises to Nike's repugnant support of Kapernick. | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
The title of this thread is completely dishonest with respect to "Ford backs Kapernuck & criticizes Trump". There is nothing in this thread that shows Ford did either. | |||
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Nike stock closed at all-time high. Year V | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
You've made two posts in this thread. Both posts tell us how wonderful Nike is doing. Now, just what in the fuck is your problem, Keystoner? Tell me. What is your problem? | |||
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What's the problem with stating a fact—a fact relevant to the discussion? Year V | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
You didn't answer my question. I'll ask you again- what's your problem? | |||
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Nike is enjoying INCREDIBLE amounts of free publicity. The Memes on social media are everywhere, I mean everywhere. Will the sales continue when the excitement dies down? It is really too soon to say what real impact this has had on Nike. To say this is a home run for Nike and a win might be a bit premature. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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How can I answer a question that presumes something of which I have no idea what you're talking about? Year V | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
Uh huh Stay out of this thread, please. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
Relative to low growth rate, NKE's PE is way out of bounds. At the moment there is a lot of hype, but soon reality will set in and NKE will fall to 60 or so. Nike: Brand Damage Risk About: Nike Inc. (NKE) The market data supports the theory that hiring Kaepernick was a decisive move. Even the Nike customer base has a large group that views him unfavorably suggesting the athletic apparel maker is risking brand damage. The bigger issue with the stock is an extremely stretched valuation at 31x EPS estimates. The one positive is that the stock remains in an uptrend. As investors pour over initial data points for Nike (NKE) following the controversial decision to employ Collin Kaepernick as a brand advertiser, the market is missing the simple extreme valuation of the stock already. The brand damage provides too much risk to the story to own the stock, but the uptrend needs to be broken first. https://seekingalpha.com/artic...ke-brand-damage-risk "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| stupid beyond all belief  |
It will be interesting to watch how this shakes out for sure. Nike spends billions to maintain their brand and I don't believe for a second that they weren't watching what happened to the NFL in all of this. I believe the fallout was most likely calculated and accounted for in hopes to gain market share within other groups. To me it seems like poor strategy to take any commodity company and toss them to the right or the left. (more the left cause generally the right has more money). But perhaps their demographics show that people who buy Nikes don't care what Kapernick does. What I do find interesting is that kids these days don't wear nike's in my area. Growing up Nike was the brand, now it's under armor. The internet has also equalized the field a bit in that small retailers can really punch through and steal some market share due to influencers on social media. Think of Toms, Life is Good, NoBull etc... Trying to choose a replacement for Nike's as we speak but I am interested from a learning to standpoint to see how nike weathers this. What man is a man that does not make the world better. -Balian of Ibelin Only boring people get bored. - Ruth Burke | |||
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I had a pair of New Balance "barefoot" style sneakers that I loved, but they did not hold up  (Big toe wore through.) I replaced them with a pair of Under Armor cross-trainers that my feet really like.Got a pair of ASICS running shoes a running store fitted for me that are a dream to run on. Most of my other workout gear is Under Armour. I've had other brands, but nothing seems to work as well as UA. They seem to have the material composition really dialed-in. All these years I have not been avoiding Nike. I've just never seen anything Nike I liked or for which I was willing to pay. If my experiences over the last twenty years or so are any guide, it may explain this Hail Mary move on Nike's part. Though one would think the more effective move would've been to correct their product line and pricing. But what do I know? I'm just a lowly consumer. (With God knows how many hundreds of dollars in sports gear.) "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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I bought a pair of Nike earlier this year. I can't afford to go around burning stuff I've paid good money for so I'll wear these until they're worn out. Then it'll be new balance or something else. I DID make a few changes to my Nike shoes though.. Before  After  I was going to use a simple American Flag, but given shit for brain's comments I decided to go with the thin blue line version. I have the heart of a lion.......and a lifetime ban from the Toronto Zoo.- Unknown | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
^^^^ I like it! However, the flag is backwards. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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| Fortified with Sleestak |
Yeah, I purchased four so it's going the correct direction on my left outside and right inside. Sigh. I suppose it'll be ok when I moonwalk.  I have the heart of a lion.......and a lifetime ban from the Toronto Zoo.- Unknown | |||
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Their stock was so far up for the year they probably figured they could take a small hit.  | |||
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A Grateful American |
 "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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| Why don’t you fix your little problem and light this candle  |
 This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Joshua Painter Played by Senator Fred Thompson | |||
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Where's Slim Whitman when you need him? flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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No Nike here, never bought, never will. | |||
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