The promotion of the former athlete, who protested racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem before the NFL games he participated in, has led to major backlash against the sports company. A boycott was started and people began posting videos of themselves burning their Nike gear. Nike stock took a heavy hit for the controversial decision Tuesday morning.

The most scathing critique of the new ad campaign, however, came from the widow of American Sniper Chris Kyle, Taya Kyle. Chris Kyle served as a Navy SEAL sniper during multiple tours in Iraq and was awarded a Silver Star and four Bronze Star Medals. Kyle was tragically killed by a mentally ill man he was mentoring in 2013.

(Kyle) “You want to talk about someone in the NFL sacrificing everything? Pat Tillman. NFL STARTING, not benched, player who left to join the Army and died for it. THAT is sacrificing everything for something you believe in.

How about other warriors? Warriors who will not be on magazine covers, who will not get lucrative contracts and millions of followers from their actions and who have truly sacrificed everything. They did it because they believed in something. Take it from me, when I say they sacrificed everything, they also sacrificed the lives of their loved ones who will never be the same. THAT is sacrificing everything for something they believe in.

Did you get us talking? Yeah, you did. But, your brand recognition was strong enough. Did you teach the next generation of consumers about true grit? Not that I can see.

Taking a stand, or rather a knee, against the flag which has covered the caskets of so many who actually did sacrifice everything for something they believe in, that we all believe in? Well, the irony of your ad..it almost leaves me speechless. Were you trying to be insulting?

Maybe you are banking on the fact we won’t take the time to see your lack of judgement in using words that just don’t fit. Maybe you are also banking on us not seeing Nike as kneeling before the flag. Or maybe you want us to see you exactly that way. I don’t know. All I know is, I was actually in the market for some new kicks and at least for now, I’ve never been more grateful for Under Armour.”

Bookworm did a website to make that easier.

http://www.bookwormroom.com/2018/08/21/relaunching-what-business-thinks-know-money-goes/

She does not have an app yet unfortunately.

I haven’t worn Nikes in 30 years or more, and I certainly won’t be now, but I’m getting really tired of having to keep track of which companies are going bat-crap insane with the SJW nonsense and who I have to avoid. I miss the days when companies competed on things like price and quality.

It’s getting to the point where businesses will card people before letting in the door, like the old speakeasies. We’ll all have to carry our party ID to get in our preferred venues — but, hey, it’s too hard to get an ID to actually vote.

Snow – check out this visual on China from PowerLine’s MidWeek Pictures special edition.

https://i2.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2018/09/Nike-workers.jpeg?w=1002&ssl=1

Here’s the full thing – lots of replies to Nike, serious and comical.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/09/midweek-in-pictures-nike-edition.php

Sundance points out that Nike sources their shoes and clothing from many sources, but that the major source is China, and that a lot of the shoes labeled “made in China” are actually subcontracted out to sweat shops in North Korea.

If Trump is successful in resetting our trade relationships with China, and his sanctions on North Korea continue at current levels or even increase, the very lucrative deals Nike has with China will be in jeopardy.

Thus, Nike is going to do it’s bit to oppose Trump and his policies, and take a relatively small economic hit, in order to try to prevent a much larger economic hit from happening.

This is also the reason for Levis to have just come out against guns.

See https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/09/04/nike-and-levis-strauss-political-business-strategy-the-much-bigger-geopolitical-and-trade-picture/