I imagine that in order to show just how outraged you really are, you'd have to buy and burn the newest, most expensive Nike stuff.I suspect the people burning Nike's will look at that ad, buy more Nike's, and burn them too.
I imagine that in order to show just how outraged you really are, you'd have to buy and burn the newest, most expensive Nike stuff.I suspect the people burning Nike's will look at that ad, buy more Nike's, and burn them too.
No. The point is they gave the contract and money to Kaepernick.The ad is good; but the use of Kaepernick seems like just a way to draw attention to the brand and not that Nike is releasing a powerful statement about courage. The commercial would feel basically the same if LeBron, JJ Watt or Jose Altuve was the narrator instead. In some ways, I think a more effective use of Kaepernick would be if LeBron was narrating it, and he talked about Kaepernick taking a knee, instead of Kaepernick narrating about athletes that defied the odds.
Yeah, to draw attention to the brand.No. The point is they gave the contract and money to Kaepernick.
I liked the way @Dehere said it.The ad is good; but the use of Kaepernick seems like just a way to draw attention to the brand and not that Nike is releasing a powerful statement about courage. The commercial would feel basically the same if LeBron, JJ Watt or Jose Altuve was the narrator instead. In some ways, I think a more effective use of Kaepernick would be if LeBron was narrating it, and he talked about Kaepernick taking a knee, instead of Kaepernick narrating about athletes that defied the odds.
Well, it’s a commercial. I also think it’s to define the brand and position it. In that sense, signing Kaepernick does things using LeBron wouldn’t have.Yeah, to draw attention to the brand.
My favorite part of this is that the guy burning shoes because of the athlete who knelt for the anthem and so disrespected the flag is in clear violation of the Flag Code. 176 (d) to be precise (bolded mine):
Apologies if too V&N. This made me laugh.
The guy that made that video made it as a complete joke making fun of the people burning Nike gear and the shirt was just to show how stupid the people are. The shoes weren't even Nikes, the shirt is funny and if you notice hes actually wearing Nike shoesMy favorite part of this is that the guy burning shoes because of the athlete who knelt for the anthem and so disrespected the flag is in clear violation of the Flag Code. 176 (d) to be precise (bolded mine):
- (d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
This all boggles my mind - the magnitude of the drop among Boomers (Who knew they cared beforehand?), the 30-point decline with The Kids, and especially the decline among African Americans (like, who do you think Kaepernick was metaphorically standing up for?).§ By Generation: Nike saw the largest declines among older adults. By generation, perceptions of Nike are now lowest among Boomers (+68 favorability pre, +20 post), and most positive among Gen Z (age 18-21), despite a 30-point decline (+81 pre, +51 post)
§ African Americans Under 35: Net favorability has declined 14 percentage points among this group (+79 Pre, +65 Post).
§ Nike Customers: Favorability among current Nike users declined from +91 favorable to +76 favorable
http://collegead.com/liberty-university-81/One interesting (to me anyway) point on this is that many colleges and universities are "Nike" schools and have contracts with Nike. There will be all sorts of athletes that disagree with this or are not in favor of Kap that will be forced to wear Nike gear because of these contracts.
Will student athletes seek to go to certain schools because they love this decision and would now prefer to support Nike and Kap, while others try to move away from Nike schools?
What will Nike colleges that are more conservative and lean anti-Kap (or to put it in terms they'd prefer, pro- anthem, pro-police, pro-military) do? Will they seek to get out of their contracts with Nike? This will be fascinating to watch, IMO.
Absolutely. You cannot respectfully protest and expect a high quality person like Falwell Jr. not to take action.http://collegead.com/liberty-university-81/
"Jerry Falwell, Jr., the president of Liberty University and a close ally of President Trump, told USA TODAY Sports in a phone conversation Friday that Nike’s ad campaign centered around Colin Kaepernick might cause the school to re-consider its relationship with the apparel company, which signed a contract last year to outfit Liberty’s athletic teams through 2024."
What's surprising to me there is not Falwell's comments, but rather that Liberty has a Nike contract in the first place. I don't think of Liberty being that big or influential of a school to warrant Nike's interest, but I guess I'm clearly wrong about that. Nike probably wants contracts with anyone and everyone.http://collegead.com/liberty-university-81/
"Jerry Falwell, Jr., the president of Liberty University and a close ally of President Trump, told USA TODAY Sports in a phone conversation Friday that Nike’s ad campaign centered around Colin Kaepernick might cause the school to re-consider its relationship with the apparel company, which signed a contract last year to outfit Liberty’s athletic teams through 2024."
Yeah, I think pretty much every FBS school they’re willing to at least offer uniforms and equipment, which I’m sure is about as much as Liberty gets. I’m sure Nike wouldn’t cry too many tears if it had to stop giving the school free stuff. These contracts generally contain clauses permitting Nike to terminate for various reasons, including any disparag,ent of the brand by the school. I’d love to see Nike invoke that clause and proactively end the relationship.What's surprising to me there is not Falwell's comments, but rather that Liberty has a Nike contract in the first place. I don't think of Liberty being that big or influential of a school to warrant Nike's interest, but I guess I'm clearly wrong about that. Nike probably wants contracts with anyone and everyone.
Nike has different levels of a deal with many FBS and FCS schools. "Having a Nike contract" doesn't necessarily mean that a school like Liberty gets what Alabama or Ohio State gets. It could mean they get a few dollars from Nike and certain discounts through a vendor or they could go direct to Nike.What's surprising to me there is not Falwell's comments, but rather that Liberty has a Nike contract in the first place. I don't think of Liberty being that big or influential of a school to warrant Nike's interest, but I guess I'm clearly wrong about that. Nike probably wants contracts with anyone and everyone.
OK, you got me thinking about Liberty's deal and I went digging and found something interesting:Nike has different levels of a deal with many FBS and FCS schools. "Having a Nike contract" doesn't necessarily mean that a school like Liberty gets what Alabama or Ohio State gets. It could mean they get a few dollars from Nike and certain discounts through a vendor or they could go direct to Nike.
Here's Liberty's press release on their Nike deal signed in 2017, for anyone interested. Standard, but kinda funny in the way all PR pieces are after a falling out.Liberty agreed to pay Old Dominion $1.32 million to host a 2018 season opener between the schools. Why might the Flames make such an investment?
Liberty, the evangelical Christian university founded by Jerry Falwell in 1971, is bringing the Flames football team up to the FBS level in two years. The school wanted to face a fellow FBS opponent in its first home game at the highest level of college football. And a recent Virginian-Pilot report revealed just how much the Flames had to spend to make that happen. It is worth digging into whether this was a smart deal by the university.
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Since its founding nearly a half-century ago, Liberty University has slowly grown into the largest evangelical Christian university in the world. Last fall, the largest incoming class of freshmen in school history increased the resident population on the Lynchburg campus to around 15,000 undergraduate students. The school also offers academic services to another 6,800 graduate students and more than 100,000 students through its online programs.
Liberty football has nowhere near the history or success rate of a school like Notre Dame or BYU, the other two independent Christian campuses that play at the FBS level. But its enrollment is higher than Notre Dame, and catching up to BYU. It outpaces other religious universities like Baylor, TCU, and SMU in that regard as well.
Forfucksake.Ian McCaw, who resigned as the Baylor's athletic director in May in the wake of a domestic and sexual assault scandal, has been named the AD at Liberty University.
The university, founded by Jerry Falwell, sent out a media release announcing the hiring.
“Ian’s success really speaks for itself,” said Jerry Falwell Jr., the university president. “You look at what Baylor was able to do during his tenure, it fits perfectly with where we see our sports programs going. This is an exciting time for us.”
Forgive and forget?Wait--what??
Yahoo!Sports: Former Baylor AD Ian McCaw hired by Jerry Falwell's Liberty University
Forfucksake.
Forgive and forget?
The NFL is not expected to implement a new policy on the national anthem this season, league sources told ESPN, no matter how many meetings and conversations occur regarding the topic.
The new policy is going to be no policy -- at least for this season, according to sources.
Yes, surely people will think less of him for it.Trump playing this game is disreputable. I can't believe people buy this propaganda. Maybe not every Republican is an idiot, but every Trump fan is definitely an idiot.
Damn son, you're breaking news here.Despite Outrage, Nike Sales Increased 31% After Kaepernick Ad
http://time.com/5390884/nike-sales-go-up-kaepernick-ad/
Sorkin pretty much summed up on Friday my exact position. Nike waited until they got the 8-year deal with the NFL done. Revenue from every angle. This company is dirty freakin brilliant.I posted this in a discussion thread on FB (shoot me I know). Figured I'd share here to elicit thoughts.....
Their continued growth in India, Latin America and Asia has been driving their growth story for years now with the US being so heavily saturated and I feel this is a huge Asia play for them. Here is what I see happening...….the NBA is ridiculously huge in these overseas markets. You are going to see NBA stars who support this cause (which is the large majority) flock to Nike once their existing shoe deals are up. Nike is going to OWN the China market, which some project to surpass the US as the worlds largest economy within the next 15 years, once this shift of NBA stars begins. From my seat it looks like Nike is giving the NFL and Goodell a gigantic F-U as the NBA is the worlds fastest growing sport......Nike is leveraging Kaepernick and the NFL to ultimately destroy all competitors in India, Latin America and especially China with the NBA brand. They don't give two craps about what this does to the NFL which is why they strategically timed this release, which is why I strongly disagree with Sean that this wasn't highly calculated.
That ad campaign was a stroke of marketing genius. Nothing makes their key demo of under 25 years olds want to run out and buy their products more than when old angry white dudes are screaming that they should be boycotted.All I see are memes based on the ad. It's viral and that has to be good for Nike.
I'll just leave this here, your post made me think of it again. It's been a long time since I heard this. Thanks for the laughs.My sister was in marketing and said some Nike execs spoke around 2007 or so about the sweatshop problem and how NIke improved conditions in factories. She was a bit shocked how the moral side of child labour, but rather "we were getting killed on this issue" was the focus of the talk. What sticks with me is she said the people protesting were not really Nike buyers, but were hurting market share. They said they hoped someday to figure out how to get the "social justice crowd" to buy Nike.
Maybe they did.
Oh man, Kaep is rich as fuck. Those texts and emails between owners and management must have been horrid. Good for him.Kaepernick and the NFL have settled.