As a veteran myself, I would NEVER kneel during the anthem, or the raising/lowering of our flag.
There is no reason for it, why do people feel the need to kneel during the anthem and flag WHEN its that flag that gives them the freedoms they have to do that. Makes no sense, and what they are "protesting" has nothing to do with the flag or anthem.
Name me the players who have taken a knee during the anthem, that have done the same protest on their own time... you know, the other 8759.28 hours in the year (took out the 32 minutes for the 2 minute anthems during 16 games).
well you're going to need to avoid any US (spy/dow)index funds or SPY/DOW etfs. You'll need to 'bet' on active management. They don't fair too well, consistently failing to beat the index over time
also, at this point in time Nike is more concerned with the brewing trade war with China, they can be significantly impacted;
https://www.fin24.com/Economy/watch-americas-top-brands-sweat-over-next-step-in-trade-war-20180820
America’s corporate bosses could be excused if they don’t agree with President Donald Trump’s boasts that a trade war is “easy to win”. They can just reflect on the levers of pain China pulled against South Korean-owned businesses last year to imagine a state-nudged boycott against Starbucks or shutdown of Nike’s factories.
China vows to retaliate against all US tariffs but hasn’t announced a response to Trump’s proposal to put duties on another $200bn in Chinese imports next month. Since that’s more than the value of all US exports to China, the Asian nation will need more than tit-for-tat tariffs to punch back.
If China employs a similar strategy to the one used when its neighbour installed a missile defense system - shuttering stores and factories owned by South Korean companies and stoking boycotts - a slew of US brands could pay dearly. That’s because China is both an essential supplier and also the biggest growth market for many US companies.
Here’s a rundown of some of the brands with a lot to lose
Nike
Just last year, China showed that it wasn’t afraid to poke Nike when a program on state-run television criticised it for false advertising. That’s troubling for the world’s largest sports brand because consistent growth in China stabilised Nike Inc when it struggled to fend off competition in the US. Revenue in China surged 21% in the past year to $5.13bn, growing to 14% of Nike’s total sales. Meanwhile, revenue in North America declined about 2%. And China is a major supplier, too, producing about one-fifth of its goods.
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What, do you think companies just take marketing/PR decisions and throw them against the wall and hope they stick? They obviously did their homework and research first to see how it would go over with the public. (and the public isn't every person's views on this board). I don't like the move myself, but I bet it doesn't effect their stock that much. Do you think they would do it to tank their stock? Of course not.
Effect? You sure? It will have more affect in the short term but Ricboff and Pats know what they are talking about and things will settle down. I just dislike the fact that they made Kap relative. They target market this in San Fran and it works but you sound like a marketing major so you probably knew this already. I don't think it will sell at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday afternoons this fall
What the ad may do is jeopardize the longstanding agreement between Nike and one of their most powerful clients. Who cares about what the members of this board think. Just when the kneeling controversy had died down again, Nike just threw more gas on the flame. NFL execs can’t be happy tonight.
the flag gives us the right and freedom to protest
we have the right to bear arms for the very possibility that if the government were not to work in our best interests that we would be able to protect ourselves.
people should have the right to demonstrate peacefully
kneeling is a very submissive gesture. i'm not sure why you're so offended by it. would you rather have them reenact the 1968 olympics?
