Colin Kaepernick and the absurdity of the NFL

[TitoFan]

He's controversial but so what. Nothing about the ad itself is tasteless, offensive, or politicized, IMO.

On the face of it, it's ridiculous for Trump to be getting involved in who does what ads. Doesn't he have a country to run?

Oh I agree, there is nothing about the ad itself that is controversial. Other than who and why is in it.

Kaepernick was blackballed from the NFL, losing millions in potential salary. That in itself is punishment enough.

Now he does an ad for Nike and Trump and his followers have a fit?

You think Nike would've dared do an ad with any kind of implied message regarding Kaepernick's controversy?

I just see the whole uproar as ridiculous.

Tits Nike is not stupid. They did this precisely because of the implied message. Look at all the press they are getting. They knew they would turn off a segment of the population but excite they other. With the billions they spend on marketing everything is calculated. Like kabong pointed out they have been running sweat shops for years all over the world. Kaepernick is not a great player anyway. Not fit for even a second string who wants star money.

It doesn't matter. Nike is hardly the only major corporation with skeletons in its closet. Let's not demonize Nike while losing track of reality. But this isn't about defending Nike the company. This is about a simple TV ad which has only positive messages in it. Should the fact that Kaepernick appears in the ad matter? That in itself is an indictment on society. The fact that so much negativity can be spewed over a TV ad which attempts to carry a positive message. Look at it this way. Not everyone in the U.S. knows who Kaepernick is. Not everybody follows football or cares about the Kaepernick controversy. So for them to see that ad, and then read about the commotion it's caused, particularly from the President himself..... must be puzzling.

The fact that Brock calls Kaepernick "nauseating" is rather a positive thing as far as I'm concerned, judging from Brock's general view on things.

It doesn't matter whether Colin (Kaepernick's too long) is/was a good player or not. He's gone, courtesy of the NFL. They saw to that. Problem solved. The guy lost millions in potential income. So if a famous athletic wear brand wants to have him in a commercial of theirs, what is it to anybody else, particularly the frigging POTUS, who should be out there defending himself from the shit storms gathering around the White House, as well as running the country.