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Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts) Wed Sep 17, 2014, 12:40 PM Sep 2014

Nike suspends endorsement deal with Adrian Peterson [View all]

Source: LA Times

You won't see Adrian Peterson in any Nike commercials, at least for a while. The company on Wednesday announced that it was suspending its endorsement deal with the running back in connection with the investigation into charges that he abused his 4-year-old son..

“Nike in no way condones child abuse or domestic violence of any kind and has shared our concerns with the NFL,” the company said in a statement. “We have suspended our contract with Adrian Peterson.”

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-nike-adrian-peterson-20140917-story.html

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Nike suspends endorsement deal with Adrian Peterson [View all] Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 OP

Agreed: good. Feral Child Sep 2014 #1

NIke: Child Abuse in US bad. Child Abuse in our Factories: More Money! dbackjon Sep 2014 #2

you make a most excellent point. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #6

Very good. 840high Sep 2014 #3

Wheaties, Mylan (manufacturer of the Epi-Pen) and others have dropped him as well. Brickbat Sep 2014 #4

The fact that sponsors... iandhr Sep 2014 #5

However, the new Chunky Soup ads where his mom says "Eat your soup or I'll whip your ass!" are a wow Bossy Monkey Sep 2014 #7