Nike had been paying Colin Kaepernick all along, waiting for the right moment "JUST DO IT" campaign!

[kpete]

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BREAKING: Nike had been paying Colin Kaepernick all along, waiting for the right moment. That moment is now, as he becomes the face of the company’s 30th anniversary of the “Just Do It” campaign

Link to tweet

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Nike selected former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick as the face of its "Just Do It" campaign, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Darren Rovell of ESPN reported the choice of Kaepernick, who started the movement to kneel during the United States national anthem to protest racial injustice in August 2016.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2793994-colin-kaepernick-named-face-of-nikes-30th-anniversary-of-just-do-it-campaign
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24568359/colin-kaepernick-face-nike-just-do-30th-anniversary-campaign

[Pope George Ringo II]

1. Well, since he hasn't got anything else to do in football season for some reason...

[malaise]

2. Get thee to the greatest page

Right fucking Now!

[busterbrown]

93. Sums it all up..

As Far as i'm concerned! One of the great Happy songs to bring on this great piece of news.

[malaise]

94. How I remember those days

We need more Love Trains

[busterbrown]

95. Hey Malaise..

Is this story new.. Just got home.. Posted this on my facebook.. How long has this story been out!?

I live in Los Angeles many of my friends back east.. might think I'm a little slow.. Always got to protect the ego
Ha!

[malaise]

96. Yesterday

It's new enough and it's being discussed everywhere today

[busterbrown]

97. Oops...

But my ego.. Acting like I've got breaking news.. Gotta fix it now..

Egos are such a pain in the ass sometimes.

Thanks

[malaise]

98. Truth is there wasn't much coverage yesterday

Most of the coverage I saw was today. It was posted here yesterday.

[Deuce]

3. Good!

[MyOwnPeace]

4. Uh-oh!!!!!!!!!

Nike's gonna' be in tweet twouble with Twumpy!!!!

[magicarpet]

57. Call Jeff Sessions,... have Jeff call the IRS and have Nike's...

.... corporate federal business taxes increased by 200%. Put them on the "Enemies List" and have the EPA, Department of Labor, and OSHA start criminal actions against Nike immediately.

Nobody casts shade of King trDump,... Nike must be made an example of.

[Leghorn21]

5. Heart heart heart and HEART!!

RESPECT

[Solly Mack]

6. :)

[Croney]

7. Wonderful!!!

[0rganism]

8. kind of a Thanos vibe to that ad...

[workinclasszero]

9. The Grand Imperial Dragon Trump

is gonna be pissed!!!

WTG Nike!

[guillaumeb]

10. Powerful. eom

[Squinch]

11. That is awesome!

[malaise]

13. It is brilliant

It is Sports and Politics

I want the jersey

[Squinch]

19. I'm not into sports at all, and so do I!

[malaise]

21. LOL

This is a massive slap in the Con's face - it's a thing of beauty.

[calimary]

63. Neither am I, but I fully support this. And Colin K too.

How dare these assholes trash taking a knee?!?!?! NO ONE does that around me! That’s how my husband proposed. There’s NOTHING wrong OR disrespectful about taking a knee.

[Hav]

12. Damn, the salt in the twitter comments is unreal,

it's so precious.

[Leghorn21]

14. "Boycott Nike" should be trending at #1 here shortly, which will be MARVELOUS, because that

Bannon muthafuckka has been there all fkn day

Thanks, Colin and Nike!!

[bitterross]

16. I was just about to post: Nike boycott in 3..2..1

You know it's coming.

[ToxMarz]

29. Anyone see tennis shoe tariffs in our future?

[ananda]

40. Glad I have some NIKE shoes right now.

And I will get some more some day!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

64. never had any -- before

Gonna have to buy some Nikes now.

[certainot]

80. good point, how will limbaugh deal with this? response should be boycott limbaugh

he lead the attacks on colin to get this whole thing started, pushing the trump base/dittoheads suggesting the NFL would fall apart and fans would boycott the nfl if the owners didn't prohibit kneeling

this from the total racist who called treyvon and mike brown thugs in defending their killers, pointing out the irony that the left misses --- the major part talk radio has played in all this was bankrolled in large part by the sports team of hundreds of university, college, and pro sports teams, majority black, that broadcast on hundreds of rw talk radio stations

including 88 major universities supporting 260 limbaugh stations

[lunatica]

92. Limbaugh couldn't kneel if his life depended on it.

He probably has trouble seeing his own dick without the help of a mirror. Yet, in spite of that he’s actually a huge Dick!

[Brother Buzz]

15. That black and white photograph is wickedly effective

[bitterross]

17. I think he looks kind of Jesus/Middle-Eastern in it. What's your thought?

I saw your post, so I took another look at the photo to see what "effect" you might be thinking. I must admit I'm stumped. I think he looks a bit Middle-Eastern, a bit like a Jesus painting. Not sure which of those, if either, you are seeing.

[Brother Buzz]

22. Black and white photographs talk to me.

They convey a story color photographs miss

[mucifer]

31. I work in peds hospice and we have an amazing photographer who has a grant to

see some of our patients and he takes amazing photos in black and white. He takes a lot of photos. Unless they request it, none of the photos are posed. He uses pure love of the family interacting. It is very powerful in black and white.

[Brother Buzz]

42. A good photographer can take hundreds of shots until that magical spontaneous moment

presents itself. Yes indeed, black and white photography is powerful.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

66. BLACK and WHITE

It's always a much better view when black and white are together. An all-white image disappears. An all-black image disappears.

[mountain grammy]

18. Glad to see this, and have the utmost respect for Colin Kaepernick

I just wish he would vote and encourage others to do so, and, if he chooses not to vote, to please keep it to himself.

Meantime, thanks for all you do, Colin. You're a great man, no doubt about it.

[Scurrilous]

20. K&R

[mainer]

23. The Trump folks claiming they'll boycott Nike are too old and fat to get out of their Barcaloungers

Yeah, sure, they would've bought Nikes to, um what? Shuffle around in their white sheets?

Nike knows its customer base: young, athletic, active, most likely liberal. They're not going to be hurt by any "boycott."

[MineralMan]

24. Oh, burn...

[iluvtennis]

25. Absolutely love that Nike is doing this ad campaign with Kaepernick!

[Mrs. Overall]

26. Wow. This is fantastic!

[Paladin]

27. K&R.

[mnhtnbb]

28. Kudos to Nike!

Fabulous photograph, too.

[-Steph-]

30. I love this. Good on Nike!

[Gothmog]

32. Colin Kaepernick becomes the face of Nike's 'Just Do It' ad campaign

Link to tweet

[cp]

33. Respect for Colin, hurray for Nike!

Thank you for the good news.

[Freethinker65]

34. Swoosh!!!

[blm]

35. Not a Nike wearer - I will be tomorrow. I will buy a pair because RW backlash is a certainty.

Just for this.

[safeinOhio]

39. Me too.

About ready for a pair of shoes.

[uponit7771]

62. +1, was on the tilt but no more

[Unrepentant Fenian]

36. Great! He's paid a heavy price for being principled!

[Demovictory9]

37. k&r

[Olafjoy]

38. Shopping

You can find me at Dick’s buying some Nike

[blm]

41. Same here

.

[Leghorn21]

43. So this didn't take long:

fkn twitter!!

[Achilleaze]

52. Manafort (R) sacrificed our American democracy for his money, power, status

[catbyte]

44. The bigots/trolls/willfully ignorant are certainly out in force on this thread today

on Twitter.

[PatSeg]

45. Wow, that is inspiring!

Probably good business as well.

[NBachers]

46. Holy shit, I got goosebumps.

That said - my woman and I have bought probably six pair of Nikes over the last three or four months. Believe it or not, we have found the best selections and prices at our local JC Penney's.

[RockRaven]

47. I wonder if Nike really had a choice to keep paying him or not.

Whatever endorsement deal he had with them may not have been as easy to terminate before the time was up as his NFL contract was. If you have to pay him anyway, why not keep your eyes open for an opportunity to utilize this asset once the winds start to shift?

Just a thought when it comes to Nikes motives here.

[Brother Buzz]

50. I am under the impression endorsement contracts have boiler plating 'outs' written into them

I suspect that just the 'perceived' unfavorable stories about Kaepernick would have been enough to trigger a termination.

[mr_lebowski]

79. Not necessarily if it was penned when Kaep was at the height of his powers ...

Never know is all I'm saying.

[Awsi Dooger]

48. Beyond awesome

Not every company will succumb to fear. I'd love to be in some of those living rooms with old scared white parents as this ad campaign appears on the television, aimed at their 15 to 17 year old children

[George II]

49. I just bought a pair of New Balance shoes, from now on it'll be Nike!

[Honeycombe8]

51. Wow. Powerful. nt

[lamp_shade]

53. AWESOME. Thanks.

[Quixote1818]

54. This puts tears in my eyes. Thanks for posting! nt

[Awsi Dooger]

55. I can't wait to mention this to the right wingers who sit next to me in college football

Canes game next Saturday. The guy to my left is a Hispanic Trumpeteer to the extreme. He yells at everyone to stand up

I'll make sure to be in Nike head to toe, and bring this up

[Hoyt]

56. Thank you Nike and Colin K. That's real guts.

[CharleyDog]

58. new awesome respect for Nike.

Thank you Nike

[unitedwethrive]

59. Went straight to Amazon to buy my daughter a new pair of Nike's

She didn't really need them, but this kind of risk should be rewarded!

[gademocrat7]

60. K&R!

Thank you, Nike.

[uponit7771]

61. AMEN!! And look at all the owners and coaches that are on the wrong side of history !!

[malaise]

67. Can't be that many.

https://www.nike.com/us/en_us/c/nfl

[helpisontheway]

65. Thank you Nike!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️Nt

[tblue37]

68. Excellent! nt

[dalton99a]

69. Perfect.

[central scrutinizer]

70. Surprising

Phil Knight is right wing and contributes to all Republican candidates in Oregon. I may have to give him a little respect. Or I could be cynical and feel that this is all about marketing.

[Racerdog1]

71. The true definition of IN YOUR FACE!

[TomSlick]

72. I don't need any shoes right now but

I will remember which shoe company took a stand for justice.

[highplainsdem]

73. Good!

[Cha]

74. WoW! In your face Fraud! This is Awesome

News. That whole Football players being punished 'cause of the Gaslighter didn't make sense.

And, those damn owners who went along with it.

[Lifelong Protester]

75. Good for Nike.

I'm a believer! Will make them my new shoes.

[jalan48]

76. Wow. This is so good to see.

[OhZone]

77. Love it!

Nike will be my next shoe purchase!

[lambchopp59]

78. Sweeeeeeet!!!!

I was just considering some new shooz. Now I know what to purchase.
Go Nike, Go Colin!! Whoo-Hoo!

[KG]

81. nice advertising ploy

their shoes are still made in foreign sweatshops

[JCMach1]

82. My post this morning on FB, should probably Tweet it too

My son will still wear his Nike football cleats on game day and he will stand, or not stand because he has a choice. That's what makes us strong!

One of my sons football heroes is K. ... Biracial like he is... They also share the same hair type

Check out @grandinboy’s Tweet:

Link to tweet

?s=09

[ellie]

83. This is incredibly cool!

[IronLionZion]

84. I might have to purchase Nike again

I switched to New Balance sneakers 2 decades ago because it's a better value

[Johonny]

85. Still hate Phil Knight and would never buy Nike. This doesn't change my opinion at all.

[SummerSnow]

86. Imo, Trump will announce that people have to boycott Nike.

[Shipwack]

87. So, does this mean they get a pass...

...On child labor now?

It's hard deciding who the good guys are sometimes.

[Aristus]

88. The right-wing shit heads are already cutting up their clothing and shoes in protest.

And they got so upset when Bill Mauldin portrayed them as ragged, barefoot rednecks...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BMU5hnDhruw/TiBLHBGtsEI/AAAAAAAAA68/VX8tExlCr4c/s1600/Bill+Mauldin+civil+rights+cartoon.jpg

[TomCADem]

89. They Are Protesting in Support of Their Right to Be Racist

...and in support of their racist President.

[kimbutgar]

90. Those orange maggot supporters who are supposedly boycotting Nike is laughable

Judging by those who attend his rallies probably are not athletic and won’t be effecting Nike’s profits.

[lunatica]

91. I love that photograph!

And I thank Nike for pushing him to the front of our American consciousness with this ad. Sometimes they do the right thing, even if it is for profit!