And no more buying OSU Nike related merchandise.
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That’s completely unrelated to what you said earlier.
I never look at the maker when I buy osu stuff but I will now.
How does a company go from being the king of merchandising (I still remember opening my Jordans and thinking how out of character it was for my dad to spend money on something like that, it was like an extra Christmas) to this petty political bs in which I now will steer my money elsewhere?
Police in a vast majority of times protect black people. Put their lives on the line for black people. But here you go Nike, here is your next ad.
A friend of mine in the Tulsa PD posted that photo on his Facebook page last night. He mentioned he cannot support a company that is paying an individual who demeans police officers and who donated to a group honoring a killer of a police officer.I never look at the maker when I buy osu stuff but I will now.
Police in a vast majority of times protect black people. Put their lives on the line for black people. But here you go Nike, here is your next ad.
Does anyone recall when NBC broadcast an edited version of George Zimmerman’s call to the police (re Trayvon Martin) that made Zimmerman sound racist?
45 second clip:
45 second clip:
Nike is practically begging for this picture to be tied to their company. The least we can do is spread it around.
Is that Kaepernick's leg or Ghandi's? Those could snap at any moment.That’s completely unrelated to what you said earlier.
I never look at the maker when I buy osu stuff but I will now.
How does a company go from being the king of merchandising (I still remember opening my Jordans and thinking how out of character it was for my dad to spend money on something like that, it was like an extra Christmas) to this petty political bs in which I now will steer my money elsewhere?
Police in a vast majority of times protect black people. Put their lives on the line for black people. But here you go Nike, here is your next ad.
Does anyone recall when NBC broadcast an edited version of George Zimmerman’s call to the police (re Trayvon Martin) that made Zimmerman sound racist?
45 second clip:
Maybe you can start your own thread, instead of dropping unrelated drivel into the topic being discussed.
Never heard of Matt Powell, but he fails to recognize that many of us are parents of athletes.
Meanwhile, I just placed an order for some UnderArmor gear for my varsity QB son. Can’t wait to see him in it!
In conclusion, eat shit, Matt Powell.
The more I think about Matt Powell, the more I laugh at him. I’m the angry old white dad of two high school multi sport athletes. I purchase football, basketball (2 pair), track (2 pair) and volleyball shoes every year. Kids grow, they wear stuff out, and angry old white dad buys more. Never really thought about it before, but that’s $700 or more on just shoes. Every year. With more years to go. I don’t even want to think of the shorts and $30 T-shirt purchases. Bet that pushes my annual expenditures to a grand, easily. And up to now, it’s been all Nike.
I realize that I’m only one old angry white dad, but let’s multiply that by several hundred thousand and see what happens to Nike sales totals from here out.
Matt Powell is a moron.
Syskatine@Syskatine1
Replying to @davidwallen @dontdieangry
MAGA is becoming unzipped before our eyes. Now they're obsessed over a shoe company's marketing. A SHOE COMPANY.
Replying to @davidwallen @dontdieangry
MAGA is becoming unzipped before our eyes. Now they're obsessed over a shoe company's marketing. A SHOE COMPANY.
If he doesn’t have the nuts to post here you shouldn’t bring his stupid opinions here.
Then Sys does not understand. It is not MAGA. Certainly there are strong disagreements on kneeling for the anthem. But this is about a company supporting an individual who depicts police as pigs and who publicly supports a convicted cop killer.
Anyone decent should be appalled that a company would support this. I agree with @wyomingosualum, if I have a choice between like apparel, I will buy something other than Nike.
I'm just glad to know that in exchange for "sacrificing everything" he will get millions of dollars for the contract plus royalty money
Yea he gets to have us read his ridiculous opinions without getting them shoved back in his face. Great plan for someone who has those kind of opinions.
If you’re business isn’t politics then keep politics out of your business.
Been it’s more of a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of mixing the two. There are also thousands of stockholders who invest in that company to make money, not support one political agenda over another. Dumb move by whomever made it and they’ll find out a costly move as well.
When those weasels at Dicks removed Armalite weapons after a shooting I took my business elsewhere. Didn’t make a big deal about it but their stance has hurt them.
If a company whose products you purchased for decades hired an anti Semitic spokesperson, you would make a stand, wouldn’t you?
Probably. I never chided anyone for deciding to boycott Nike. That is their right. I think the outrage is funny coming from folks who make fun of lib snowflakes all the time. Two sides of the same coin.
I also think Nike will be just fine. They know what they are doing.
So this also means you are in favor of say bakers backing cakes for whomever they want and not being forced to do so against their religious beliefs? Or restaurants serving who they wish regardless of the potential offensiveness of their decisions?
Well, I don’t like discriminatory practices. I am more inclined to let the bakery slide on religious grounds. I don’t think restaurants should discriminate based on skin color, religion or political beliefs. If a baker can’t make a cake for a gay couple, they can take their business elsewhere. But, even letting that slide is a slippery slope.
Because taking political stands while serving all comers is the same thing as discrimating against particular people by refusing them service?
It is pretty obvious. It is discriminatory, and not that much different than owning a restaurant that turns away Blacks, Muslims, Jews, Asians, etc.
It’s pretty obviously not discrimination. They’ve served the same customers before but bowed out of the wedding for religious reasons - for which their local competition was grateful I’m sure.
Weird hill to die on man.
Letting obvious discrimination slide but fearing a slippery slope as a result... is a narrative and that narrative is your hill.
Suing the bakers was the slippery slope.
