Over the Labour Day weekend, one of the biggest controversies families debated over their summer BBQ's was Nike's decision to centrally promote the controversial former American football quarterback Colin Kaepernick as a key figure in their new "Dream Big" ad campaign which airs opening telecast of the NFL's new football season.
The TV ad and billboard campaign is sure to be seen my many millions of NFL fans.
Kaepernick is the dark skin NFL player who started kneeling in protest against black injustice in America during the playing of the USA national Anthem. This action was soon imitated by many other players. This caused quite a sustained uproar over many months that eventually irked President Trump so much that spoke out against it many times.
A few Nike fans have decided to burn their shoes and cut up their Nike gear in protest.
A high % of black Americans are very loyal Nike buyers and many black sports and entertainment celebrities support Kaepernick.
"Trump criticized Nike this week for using Kaepernick in the campaign. In an Oval Office interview with the Daily Caller on Tuesday, Trump said of Nike: “I think it’s a terrible message that they’re sending, and the purpose of them doing it, maybe there’s a reason for them doing it, but I think as far as sending a message, I think it’s a terrible message and a message that shouldn’t be sent. There’s no reason for it.”
The NFL responded.
The Nike ad also prompted the NFL to comment positively on a player with whom it is in litigation.
“The National Football League believes in dialogue, understanding and unity. We embrace the role and responsibility of everyone involved with this game to promote meaningful, positive change in our communities,” Jocelyn Moore, the NFL’s executive vice president of communications and public affairs, said in a Tuesday statement. “The social justice issues that Colin and other professional athletes have raised deserve our attention and action.”
Do you support Kaepernick or will Trump need yet another controversy heading into the November mid term elections only 10 weeks away?
The TV ad and billboard campaign is sure to be seen my many millions of NFL fans.
Kaepernick is the dark skin NFL player who started kneeling in protest against black injustice in America during the playing of the USA national Anthem. This action was soon imitated by many other players. This caused quite a sustained uproar over many months that eventually irked President Trump so much that spoke out against it many times.
A few Nike fans have decided to burn their shoes and cut up their Nike gear in protest.
A high % of black Americans are very loyal Nike buyers and many black sports and entertainment celebrities support Kaepernick.
"Trump criticized Nike this week for using Kaepernick in the campaign. In an Oval Office interview with the Daily Caller on Tuesday, Trump said of Nike: “I think it’s a terrible message that they’re sending, and the purpose of them doing it, maybe there’s a reason for them doing it, but I think as far as sending a message, I think it’s a terrible message and a message that shouldn’t be sent. There’s no reason for it.”
The NFL responded.
The Nike ad also prompted the NFL to comment positively on a player with whom it is in litigation.
“The National Football League believes in dialogue, understanding and unity. We embrace the role and responsibility of everyone involved with this game to promote meaningful, positive change in our communities,” Jocelyn Moore, the NFL’s executive vice president of communications and public affairs, said in a Tuesday statement. “The social justice issues that Colin and other professional athletes have raised deserve our attention and action.”
Do you support Kaepernick or will Trump need yet another controversy heading into the November mid term elections only 10 weeks away?
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