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    Colin Kaepernick

    Looks like Nike has named him the face of 30th anniversary for nikes “just do it campaign

    https://twitter.com/yahoosportsnfl/s...331078144?s=21


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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    Quote Originally Posted by Carolina Steelers View Post
    Looks like Nike has named him the face of 30th anniversary for nikes “just do it campaign

    https://twitter.com/yahoosportsnfl/s...331078144?s=21

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    Just a wild guess the Nike marketing department has customer surveys that conclude just doing that has an upside with the target audience that buys Nike products and will help the bottom line

    [A Nike VP] said the new version of the campaign is meant to specifically speak to 15- to 17-year olds.

    http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2...rsary-campaign

    A famous person who likes to use twitter presumably will not let this slide by without a comment

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    Re: Colin Kapernick


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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    ^^^ Who is that clown???

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    Quote Originally Posted by vader29 View Post
    What....

    The only time he looked like one of the best QB in the league was when he was playing against a defense led by Dom Capers.

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    Quote Originally Posted by DesertSteel View Post
    ^^^ Who is that clown???
    The former president of Iran and a man of many sports takes

    https://deadspin.com/now-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-is-calling-out-the-nfl-over-col-1828787936

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    joining Twitter in March, Ahmadinejad mostly tweets about normal things like the “dictatorship” of the U.S. dollar, the “arrogant Zionists,” and the “annihilation of US global domination.”

    https://deadspin.com/mahmoud-ahmadin...s-t-1828651982

    No surprise given the tolerance for dissent and commitment to civil liberties by the Iranian government that he is all in for Kaepernick

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    Are we talking about the same colin kaepernick that lost his job to Blaine gabbert? That guy?

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    Quote Originally Posted by AtlantaDan View Post
    The former president of Iran and a man of many sports takes

    https://deadspin.com/now-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-is-calling-out-the-nfl-over-col-1828787936

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    joining Twitter in March, Ahmadinejad mostly tweets about normal things like the “dictatorship” of the U.S. dollar, the “arrogant Zionists,” and the “annihilation of US global domination.”

    https://deadspin.com/mahmoud-ahmadin...s-t-1828651982

    No surprise given the tolerance for dissent and commitment to civil liberties by the Iranian government that he is all in for Kaepernick
    Plus, he has said numerous times that he wants to wipe out Israel from the map.

    So one of the worst antisemites around. In Germany he was even titled "The Madman of Teheran" during his presidency.

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    Nikes hurt my feet.



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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    Screw Nike and CK. My honest belief is that CK sat out the anthem because his piss poor attitude towards this country, then when he was called out on it he had to scramble for a cause.
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    Give a lib a fish--he eats for a day

    Teach a lib to fish--he is back the next day asking for more free fish.

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    Quote Originally Posted by stillers4me View Post
    Nikes hurt my feet.
    Nike hurts my wallet. I stay away anyways.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Mach1 View Post
    But he score 4 touchdowns in a single game.....for Polk High

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    I’m out of the Nike footwear market.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dwinsgames View Post
    you are a Kenny Pickett enabler

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    'Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.'

    Dear JnK I scewed up your post....meant to quote it and instead I edited it. Please forgive me.........

    Someday I'll get the hang of this internets stuff. ~Sue
    Last edited by stillers4me; 09-04-2018 at 04:41 PM.

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    You can't tell me this announcement had nothing to do with the start of the NFL regular season. Gonna be some big time free advertising for Nike anyway. Twitter is already amok.

    And doesn't Krapernick have a pending case against the NFL? and Nike is an official NFL sponsor and supplier of uniform apparel... should be interesting.

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    Nike stuff never fits me right anyways.

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    Nike has some great ads.



    As for CK, I like seeing companies take risks. It's the American way.

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    Quote Originally Posted by JnK View Post
    .... and who gives a rat's ass what Lebron thinks.
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba...cid=spartandhp
    Some demographic groups more than others

    Why LeBron Can Say Whatever He Wants About Politics

    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...bout-politics/

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    All the people burning Nike stuff is hilarious!

    You already paid for that and Nike already has your money. I bet they are super worried about it!

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    Quote Originally Posted by vader29 View Post

    correction NOT in the league
    Kenny Pickett is who I though he was .. Eagles problem now

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    Quote Originally Posted by Mojouw View Post
    All the people burning Nike stuff is hilarious!

    You already paid for that and Nike already has your money. I bet they are super worried about it!
    its not about the money already spent ... its about those pieces no longer being around to advertise the brand ...

    that said it will not be a significant portion of merchandise that was sold ...

    However Nike market share dropped by 3.75 BILLION dollars

    on the bright side for nike it generated 43 million worth of advertising dollars by people outrage and the news stories that associated with it ...

    that said how much of that " advertising generated" actually helped the brand vs hurt it will be up for debate for the next several weeks I suspect ...

    Nike said they did a study on what hiring kap would do and expected good returns ... if early results ( down 3.75 billion ) are any indication of the study I am thinking they hired the same company that claimed Trump has no path to victory as the data consultants
    Kenny Pickett is who I though he was .. Eagles problem now

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    Quote Originally Posted by Mojouw View Post
    All the people burning Nike stuff is hilarious!

    You already paid for that and Nike already has your money. I bet they are super worried about it!
    I bet they might be a little more worried now. Nike stock is falling at a rapid pace. I'm staying out of the argument as to who is and isn't right, but...... this move by Nike strikes me as very odd for a company that likes to make money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dwinsgames View Post
    its not about the money already spent ... its about those pieces no longer being around to advertise the brand ...

    that said it will not be a significant portion of merchandise that was sold ...

    However Nike market share dropped by 3.75 BILLION dollars

    on the bright side for nike it generated 43 million worth of advertising dollars by people outrage and the news stories that associated with it ...

    that said how much of that " advertising generated" actually helped the brand vs hurt it will be up for debate for the next several weeks I suspect ...

    Nike said they did a study on what hiring kap would do and expected good returns ... if early results ( down 3.75 billion ) are any indication of the study I am thinking they hired the same company that claimed Trump has no path to victory as the data consultants
    I understand that folks are pissed. But they were pissed at Target and some other big brand awhile back, Yeti I think? - and the same thing happened. A bunch of folks posted videos of them burning stuff. The stock market got nervous and things dipped for like a hot minute and then everyone moved on and the brand(s) in question were fine.

    Nike stock dropped about 3% for a day. They are still up almost 28% for the year. And 60% of their sales are outside the US were no one gives a crap about any of this.

    It is all just a tempest in a teapot. And people burning/destroying their own stuff because they think a multi-national corporation gives a crap is really really funny to me!

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    Quote Originally Posted by silver & black View Post
    I bet they might be a little more worried now. Nike stock is falling at a rapid pace. I'm staying out of the argument as to who is and isn't right, but...... this move by Nike strikes me as very odd for a company that likes to make money.
    Oh, for sure. I wasn't even attempting to parse right or wrong. Nike's stock will take a downturn for like a news cycle or two. Then it will stabilize and continue to grow. I believe the same thing happened to Yeti, Target, and there was some fancy coffee or blender company as well earlier this year.

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    I guess I don't understand the thought process behind this. Why would any business savvy company do this!? What am I not seeing? What can possibly be gained from such a risky decision?

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    Quote Originally Posted by silver & black View Post
    I guess I don't understand the thought process behind this. Why would any business savvy company do this!? What am I not seeing? What can possibly be gained from such a risky decision?
    As Mojouw pointed out, 60% of Nike's sales are outside of the U.S. where folks don't give a crap.

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    Re: Colin Kaepernick

    Instead of burning Nike stuff, why not give them away to homeless veterans these guys pretend to care about?

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    Re: Colin Kaepernick

    Good question.

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    Quote Originally Posted by silver & black View Post
    I guess I don't understand the thought process behind this. Why would any business savvy company do this!? What am I not seeing? What can possibly be gained from such a risky decision?
    It's a slogan with a face, like Just Do It. However, if you're hung up on Kaepernick and the flag you won't do it.

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    Re: Colin Kapernick

    Quote Originally Posted by AtlantaDan View Post
    A famous person who likes to use twitter presumably will not let this slide by without a comment

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