Shaquem Griffin joins Nike / Kaep add campaign

[Seymour]

Pretty disappointed reading this crap.... :?:

The ad is voiced by Kaepernick and features him, along with NBA star LeBron James, tennis champion Serena Williams, New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., marathoner Eliud Kipchoge and skateboarder Lacey Baker, and inspirational athletes such as NFL linebacker Shaquem Griffin, wheelchair basketball player Megan Blunk, boxer Zeina Nassar and legless wrestler Isaiah Bird.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24586190/nike-run-colin-kaepernick-ad-nfl-opener-thursday

 

[massari]

Kaepernick's Nike contract was reportedly described as a “top of the line” deal for football players, according to the Wall Street Journal. Not bad for a guy who was last seen fighting for the starting QB spot with Blaine Gabbert.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Why disappointed? Just curious.

 

[ivotuk]

Good for him. I don't think the campaign is going to succeed, but good for him getting for getting involved with an iisue, and hopefully getting paid.

Please be careful in this post. It will be easy to get off track, and let's not. Keep it about 'Quem.

 

[Seymour]

Why disappointed? Just curious.

See post #2. Nike taking on this issue is complete bull shit IMO. They care not about less advantaged people being suppressed and taken advantage of. They see $$ to be made, and that is their motive IMO.

 

[JGfromtheNW]

Why disappointed? Just curious.

See post #2. Nike taking on this issue is complete bull shit IMO. They care not about less advantaged people being suppressed and taken advantage of. They see $$ to be made, and that is their motive IMO.

It's almost like they can do both - make money and back and/or bring light to social injustice issues. Crazy to think they can do that, I know.

They're obviously betting the number of people who support the cause outnumber the 'fine people' that are going to burn their shoes and turn away from Nike. And even if they do lose money from the shoe-burning, Keurig-throwing goons that constantly conflate nationalism with patriotism and decide that taking a knee is some terrible display of disrespect towards the military/flag/whatever untouchable symbol, you can bet your bottom dollar that they don't want to do business with any of those types of people.

Good for 'Quem. He's got quite the story of perseverance himself. If I was him I would be in 100% on this campaign.

 

[Vesuve]

Why disappointed? Just curious.

See post #2. Nike taking on this issue is complete bull shit IMO. They care not about less advantaged people being suppressed and taken advantage of. They see $$ to be made, and that is their motive IMO.

Yes, and as we know Nike has an awful track record on how it treats their foreign factory workers.

It also shows the hypocrisy and ignorance of, Kaepernick (and perhaps the others).

 

[sutz]

Funny how nobody cared about Nike's treatment of their overseas workers until now. :34853_doh:

Oh, and about that "business problem:"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nike-stock ... d-boycott/

Nike stock price reaches all-time high after Colin Kaepernick ad

Shares of Nike reached an all-time high Friday afternoon, rebounding from a recent dip spurred by concerns about consumer boycott after the athletic apparel maker signed a high-profile deal with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

The company's stock rose slightly on Friday, closing at $83.49. Since Nike announced the campaign on Labor Day, shares are up about 4 percent. Longer-term, Nike stock has surged 33 percent this year as Wall Street bet that the company would be able to ride out the negative publicity. Online sales of Nike gear jumped 31 percent from Sept. 2 through Sept. 4, nearly double the company's sales during the same period a year ago, according to Edison Trends, a digital commerce research company.

 

[JGfromtheNW]

The vast majority of folks who cry "what about the sweatshop workers?!" don't really understand economics in developing/third world/impoverished countries. I definitely don't agree with using child labor or slave labor or whatever type of exploitation for labor, but to assume that these workers have better opportunities elsewhere is incorrect. There's a reason they're working in a Nike manufacturing facility for $1/day - because it beats breaking your back farming outside in inclement weather for the same rate.

If you're going to have outrage over Nike's labor policies or where they manufacture their goods, you're going to have to feign a lot more outrage about countless number of corporations that realized out-sourcing goods/materials/labor will produce the most profit, of which I see virtually zero complaints these days. Except for Apple because the screw Apple brigade.

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

JG, I agree; Nike's conditions are probably similar to those of its competitors. However, being that Nike is profiting off social justice marketing, they should proactively be raising worker standards wherever these workers are.

Griffin's addition is fantastic, but should his athletic career end, that should be a work matter vs an SJW conspiracy. What's disturbing is that Kaep is headlining this campaign, which suggests that he heroically "gave up everything." That's factually untrue. He decided in 2016-2017 that he could start a political movement at work and is now capitalizing on that decision plus the allegations that the league and individual teams have conspired against him.His position is that his at-work protest should have elevated him, which is a terrible message to send. No one wants drama from anyone--especially backups--to overshadow what their team is doing, no matter how it's doing, regardless of the cause. Kaep should be happy his social activism paid off, and quit insisting he should have gotten paid b/c teams, including ours, individually did not want him.