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The out of work NFL star, depending on your political sensibilities, is either canada goose outlet reviews a traitor to the flag or an athlete of true conviction, prepared to jeopardise his career to bring about social change.
Many have hailed him as the latest hero to emerge from a proud lineage of politically outspoken African American athletes that can be traced back to the iconic legacies of Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Tommie Smith and John Carlos through the 1960s and beyond, before being punctuated by the more apolitical and corporate friendly Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods in the 90s and 00s.
Read more: Think tank must quickly address ‘the challenges’ facing adlandWith the NFL season formally commencing this Thursday, the league and its franchise owners continue to invest an inordinate amount of time and resources desperately trying to silence Kaepernick and the movement he has created.
Canada Goose Parka They blackballed the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and teammate Eric Reid. They threatened to fine or cut the players who joined them in protest. Canada Goose Parka
They then created a ridiculous new national anthem protocol ahead of the new season that has only succeeded in pouring further fuel on the flames.
In short, the NFL and its owners have made it very clear which side of the debate they sit on.
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Nike, for its part, is one of the NFL’s key corporate partners. In March this year it signed a ten year contract extension with the League. At the media day, Brian Rolapp, the NFL’s head of media paid tribute to Nike as “a long time and trusted partner”.
Therefore, its decision to break ranks with the NFL’s party line and make Kaepernick one of the leading faces of the campaign suggests the two organisations view the debate in very different terms.
canada goose clearance While news of the campaign has generated largely predictable headlines and the usual glut of parody memes, the most intriguing element of the story lies in Nike’s own motivations for backing Kaepernick. Has it found its soul or is it purely a calculated commercial decision? canada goose clearance
If one was to consider the various milestones that saw Nike grow into the $29bn sports empire it is today, its partnership with Michael Jordan, first signed in 1984, serves as one of the most significant.
The partnership, now in canada goose outlet las vegas its 34 year, has canada goose jacket outlet uk generated billions of dollars for the two parties and created the blueprint for https://www.gooseoutletvip.com modern day sports sponsorship.
Jordan, now 15 years into retirement continues to sit at the top table in terms of sport’s highest earning athletes.
If Jordan’s slam dunk silhouette is burned into the psyche of even the most casual of sports fans, so too is his all too frequently dredged up explanation for his reluctance to weigh in on political matters: canada goose outlet location “Republicans buy sneakers, too.”
Read more: TV3 accuses RTE of ‘censorship’ in guest appearances rowDoes Kaepernick finally afford the brand the opportunity to break free from this hackneyed lesson corporate tongue biting and position itself as a ‘woke’ brand determined to be on the right side of history?
To its credit, the brand canada goose outlet near me has been consistent on this issue. This time last year, it issued a statement in support of player protests, backing athletes’ right to “freedom of expression on issues that are of great importance to our society”. This mitigated against the brand falling into a Pepsi shaped hole of cynical opportunism.
Canada Goose Coats On Sale They knew there would be a backlash. Canada Goose Coats On Sale
One side would receive the campaign with disgust and the other with a mixture of praise and mild suspicion. 48 hours later and the short term outrage is already beginning to subside as unhappy tweeters move on to the next partisan news story.
Only time will tell how real these proposed boycotts will become, or whether they will offset against the campaign’s tens of millions of dollars of free publicity.
Critically, Nike appears to be an organisation that paid attention in history class. Kaepernick and his colleagues are playing the long game, and history tends to judge events in these cheap canada goose jacket terms, too.
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At a time when consumers value authenticity above all else, brands feel more compelled than ever to ‘have an opinion’. Yet when a major corporate especially one like Nike weighs in on a social issue as multifaceted and explosive as race, cynicism canada goose parka uk is probably a healthy starting point.
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