Trump and NFL boycott

Slings and Arrows said:
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For dumb.

You know who under armor's spokesperson is, don't you? It's ******* Stephan Curry. The ignorant twat waffles that are burning their shoes and clipping their socks aren't any bigger fans of Curry than Colin.

You know who Stephan Curry is don't you? Denied going to White House, talks **** about Trump on a regular, etc. Lol

ETA: let's not forget who another Nike spokesperson is, he goes by the name of LeBron James. Guess what he's said about Trump lol. All these Dingle berries waited until now? I ******* LOVE selective outrage.
 
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plague311 said:
For dumb.

You know who under armor's spokesperson is, don't you? It's ******* Stephan Curry. The ignorant twat waffles that are burning their shoes and clipping their socks aren't any bigger fans of Curry than Colin.

You know who Stephan Curry is don't you? Denied going to White House, talks **** about Trump on a regular, etc. Lol

ETA: let's not forget who another Nike spokesperson is, he goes by the name of LeBron James. Guess what he's said about Trump lol. All these Dingle berries waited until now? I ******* LOVE selective outrage.
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But...but.. flag! Anthem!
 
Slings and Arrows said:
You did manage to spell the word "dumb" correctly. I'll give you points for that.
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Also, the founder of under armour stepped down from the manufacturing council because of Trump's response to Charlottesville, and came out against leaving the Paris climate accord.
 
Mumbles said:
They probably make those already, since they're makers of a variety of athletic products.

"Rebellion" has always been a part of Nike's brand along side that, striving for success blah blah, and Kaepernick is a fairly obvious example of a "sacrifice for what you believe in" style of rebel.
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He believes in absurdly unfair and at many times illegal labor practises?

He must because he isn't sacrificing this paycheck.

Interesting, I used to really think he was legitimate, but either he is a hypocrite or liar at this point.
 
acbytesla said:
For Nike, this is an undoubted victory. Kaepernick’s jersey has consistently topped NFL merchandise sales, despite not having been on a roster for the past two seasons. Celebrities often publicly support Kaepernick’s causes, amplifying his reach. In fact, Kaepernick has already generated $43 million in media exposure for Nike since the announcement of the new campaign.

It can be argued that this is too controversial. But my bet is it will be highly successful. Nike has its share of suckups and weak wimps who only care about themselves ...I give you Tiger Woods.
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I wonder if he can find a company that treats is workers like **** to protest.

He might be able to find one if he looks really hard.
 
acbytesla said:
There is always risk. But say what you want about Nike, they know how to market.
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I think it's a brilliant marketing strategy. Nike is betting on the fact that the racists are a very small minority of their target market. They don't want to sell to racists who pretend to be patriots.
 
sadhatter said:
I wonder if he can find a company that treats is workers like **** to protest.

He might be able to find one if he looks really hard.
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Don't get me wrong. I buy whatever sneakers that are on sale at Big 5.

I'm not defending Nike. I'm just saying this very well may be a very smart marketing campaign.

Me, I'm more offended by morons that think a piece of cloth is more important than the principles that cloth represents.
 
thaiboxerken said:
I think it's a brilliant marketing strategy. Nike is betting on the fact that the racists are a very small minority of their target market. They don't want to sell to racists who pretend to be patriots.
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I don't think they give a rat's ass who buys their shoes. And yes, they are probably aware that the inbreds are buying Copenhagen, meth and camouflage with their money not $100 sneakers.
 
Slings and Arrows said:
It's hard to imagine Trump's army of supporters ever buying a product with Colin Kaepernick's face on the box. And many of them, until now, have been loyal customers. History has shown that politicizing a product usually suppresses market share.
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History will show Kaepernick was in the right and those that were angered by his protest were backwards regressives angry the black man they can't lynch no more was not acting properly towards their freedom cloth totem.
 
sadhatter said:
He believes in absurdly unfair and at many times illegal labor practises?

He must because he isn't sacrificing this paycheck.

Interesting, I used to really think he was legitimate, but either he is a hypocrite or liar at this point.
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Do...do you ever have an idea of what's happening?

Welcome to US capitalism, you get to do business with at least some companies that maximize profit as they are required to by law. Since not many people wish to change this, we get to concentrate on particular issues that can be changed.
 
Travis said:
History will show Kaepernick was in the right and those that were angered by his protest were backwards regressives angry the black man they can't lynch no more was not acting properly towards their freedom cloth totem.
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That's just too much.

I talked to my buddy last night, a decent fellow and a rabid football fan. He's opposed to kneeling, and I couldn't convince him that he's wrong, but he is no racist.

People have different perspectives about injecting politics in sports events. They are not all racists on this basis.
 
phiwum said:
That's just too much.

I talked to my buddy last night, a decent fellow and a rabid football fan. He's opposed to kneeling, and I couldn't convince him that he's wrong, but he is no racist.

People have different perspectives about injecting politics in sports events. They are not all racists on this basis.
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He's not wrong. You can be against kneeling for good reasons. But I don't think being against this form of protest justifies an animosity against those who are using it.

I believe if you're going to talk about the land of the free and the home of the brave, you're also not going to seek to stifle "peaceful protests" of any kind. Even those you dislike.
 
acbytesla said:
Good for him. There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING I think represents the fundamental values of this nation more than the NFL players kneeling during the anthem. They not only have a right to kneel in protest, they have a duty to stand or kneel to tell our leaders their grievances.

Since when did a piece of cloth or a song become more important than principles?
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Since those principles have become inconvenient to some.
 
acbytesla said:
He's not wrong. You can be against kneeling for good reasons. But I don't think being against this form of protest justifies an animosity against those who are using it.

I believe if you're going to talk about the land of the free and the home of the brave, you're also not going to seek to stifle "peaceful protests" of any kind. Even those you dislike.
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I tend to agree.
 
Slings and Arrows said:
Market Summary > Nike Inc
NYSE: NKE
79.60 USD −2.60 (-3.16%)
Sep 4, 4:00 PM EDT


Market Summary > Under Armour Inc
NYSE: UAA
20.75 USD +0.30 (+1.47%)
Sep 4, 4:00 PM EDT
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The market loves knee jerk reactions.
Plus there may be more at play there. My grandkids wanted Under Armour lunch boxes not Nike and politics had nothing to do with it.
 
Belz... said:
Since those principles have become inconvenient to some.
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I actually don't think so.

There is this silly reverence that some American's have for the flag and anthem. I treat the presentation of the colors respectfully, but this has turned into a bizarre fetish, not a principled action. I'm personally embarrassed by how ignorant most Americans are of the Constitution, the Declaration and the really great things about our government.

So many are oblivious of these things but they 'know' to respect the flag and the anthem. They've been taught that 'people' supposedly died defending a piece of cloth.

But I am sorry, if you got killed protecting the cloth and not the ideals, you simply were seeking a Darwin Award not protecting America.
 
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