Remember, they refused to allow a veterans group to air an ad asking people to stand for the national anthem, but, they seem fine with a commercial featuring a guy who wore cops as pigs socks, gave money to a group supporting a cop killer, loves Fidel Castro, and hates white people. This should end up well
(The Hill) Nike will air its ad featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick during sporting events including the U.S. Open, MLB and the NFL’s opening telecast, “Thursday Night Football” this week, according to The New York Times.
The ad, called “Dream Crazy,†features Kaepernick and other sports stars such as tennis star Serena Williams and NBA star LeBron James, urging viewers to “Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything.”
https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7/status/1037387722107830272
What has he sacrificed? He gets paid a ton by Nike. He’s a millionaire. What has LeBron sacrificed? Or Serena? How are they helping the inner city black youths, who seem to not want to be educated, who so often join gangs and commit crimes, and live in poor conditions in Democratic Party run cities. Do they and Nike care about the reality that the vast majority of murderers and those murdered in big cities are black?
Does the NFL care that a large chunk of fans will not tune in tonight, and others will tune out the minute the commercial is played? Atlanta and Philly isn’t that great of an opening game to stick around.
But, this is where Nike and the NFL want to go. I doubt that the extra revenue from patronizing the supporters of Kaepernick will offset the loss from those who don’t. There are plenty of other brands out there. Ones that might not send its jobs overseas, making products at slave wages. Even Bernie Sanders has blasted them in the past.
Time will tell if this affects their bottom line, much like Dicks Sporting Goods has seen happen.
