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In reply to the discussion: Nike had been paying Colin Kaepernick all along, waiting for the right moment "JUST DO IT" campaign! [View all]certainot
(9,090 posts)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
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Nike had been paying Colin Kaepernick all along, waiting for the right moment "JUST DO IT" campaign! [View all]
kpete
Sep 2018
OP
Well, since he hasn't got anything else to do in football season for some reason...
Pope George Ringo II
Sep 2018
#1
"Boycott Nike" should be trending at #1 here shortly, which will be MARVELOUS, because that
Leghorn21
Sep 2018
#14
good point, how will limbaugh deal with this? response should be boycott limbaugh
certainot
Sep 2018
#80
A good photographer can take hundreds of shots until that magical spontaneous moment
Brother Buzz
Sep 2018
#42
The Trump folks claiming they'll boycott Nike are too old and fat to get out of their Barcaloungers
mainer
Sep 2018
#23
Not a Nike wearer - I will be tomorrow. I will buy a pair because RW backlash is a certainty.
blm
Sep 2018
#35
The bigots/trolls/willfully ignorant are certainly out in force on this thread today
catbyte
Sep 2018
#44
I am under the impression endorsement contracts have boiler plating 'outs' written into them
Brother Buzz
Sep 2018
#50
Not necessarily if it was penned when Kaep was at the height of his powers ...
mr_lebowski
Sep 2018
#79
I can't wait to mention this to the right wingers who sit next to me in college football
Awsi Dooger
Sep 2018
#55
AMEN!! And look at all the owners and coaches that are on the wrong side of history !!
uponit7771
Sep 2018
#61
Still hate Phil Knight and would never buy Nike. This doesn't change my opinion at all.
Johonny
Sep 2018
#85
The right-wing shit heads are already cutting up their clothing and shoes in protest.
Aristus
Sep 2018
#88
Those orange maggot supporters who are supposedly boycotting Nike is laughable
kimbutgar
Sep 2018
#90