Tom Brady ‘likes’ Colin Kaepernick Nike deal

[Betallsports]

[FONT=&quot]Tom Brady might be on team “Make America Great Again,” but it also seems he’s on team Kaepernick as well.

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[FONT=&quot]TMZ noted the New England Patriots quarterback and (maybe not anymore) Donald Trump supporter showed his support to the former San Francisco 49ers QB’s new Nikecampaign, like GQ’s post about the new ad on Instagram.

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[FONT=&quot]It might seem like a small deal, but for someone who’s been so public about supporting Trump to suddenly show love for Kaepernick is a huge shift. Having the GOAT quarterback supporting Kaepernick’s campaign is a tidal shift and noteworthy, even if it’s just a like.

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[FONT=&quot]I wouldn’t expect Brady to speak out (it’s not his style) but the fact he’s in Kaepernick’s corner represents a notable culture change for Brady. That doesn’t mean he still doesn’t root for Trump, but unlike most Trump supporters he’s apparently with Kaepernick. It’ll be interesting to see if his ‘like’ change the minds of others.

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[HacheMan]

I don't believe it for a second.

Brady is just playing the game...

 

[skins85]

of course he should like it. he is sponsored by under armor. their sales are about to go up

 

[Willie99]

TMZ, Yahoo and all left leaning outlets like to make this type of irrelevant stuff news of the day.

 

[bodyforlife]

What's not to like? Brady is a businessman and realizes that Kaepernick has even topped the no talent Kardashians. He was essentially on his way out of football, as the Niners went to the outhouse under his "talents". Had he not done his silly protests, he would have made nothing. Instead, he's trolling half the nation, and most can't get out of the way of their emotions, so they do stupid things like burn their own property, only to have to pay for replacement sporting equipment (so essentially hurting themselves). Nike obviously ran the numbers and feel over the long run, the move will benefit, not hurt them (especially with all the free advertising). They realize that there are just as many people that will support the move (especially since they are an international company). And in the meantime, Kaepernick continue to get his cha-ching (and he'll probably get a little more coin from the NFL on his court case). He's probably thinking "you've got to love this country" as he laugh all the way to the bank. And all people had to do was ignore it, and he would have gotten nothing. Stupid is as stupid does I guess.

 

[bodyforlife]

Oh, and just in case the grammar police goes after me, let me correct my spelling errors...

"And in the meantime, Kaepernick continues to get his cha-ching (and he'll probably get a little more coin from the NFL on his court case). He's probably thinking "you've got to love this country" as he laughs all the way to the bank. And all people had to do was ignore it, and he would have gotten nothing."

 

[Willie99]

The real story is he "sacrificed" nothing, and Nike is doing a very large disservice to the expression

Everything gets watered down nowadays

 

[MattyMatt]

Of course he would like a GQ Post, they’ve been riding his nuts and padding his pockets for years and years now...

 

[Enfuego]

What I don’t understand, from a business perspective, is why? Why do this and take this enormous risk of alienating 50% of your customer base. It doesn’t make any business sense and this is a result if these young CEOs growing up in these ultra liberal schools and making business decisions about billion dollar companies based on their beliefs instead of what’s good for the company and shareholders.

 

[bodyforlife]

What I don’t understand, from a business perspective, is why? Why do this and take this enormous risk of alienating 50% of your customer base. It doesn’t make any business sense and this is a result if these young CEOs growing up in these ultra liberal schools and making business decisions about billion dollar companies based on their beliefs instead of what’s good for the company and shareholders.

Who says it's a result of that? Clearly the people at NIKE have some intelligent people working for them that weighed the pros and the cons before making the move and thought the benefit outweighed the damage. You do realize we have over 320 million people in the country now and considerably more internationally? Years ago I used to admire entertainers like Johnny Carson and Bob Hope for always keeping their comedy relatively neutral, with the thought process "why tick off part of your audience with something controversial". Well the world has changed. You actually can piss off plenty of people and still have popularity. If that wasn't the case, how do you explain the popularity of people like Stephen Colbert and others like him? In addition, I doubt the number is 50%. There are plenty of people that are mature enough to ignore it.

 

[bmoreforlife]

What I don’t understand, from a business perspective, is why? Why do this and take this enormous risk of alienating 50% of your customer base. It doesn’t make any business sense and this is a result if these young CEOs growing up in these ultra liberal schools and making business decisions about billion dollar companies based on their beliefs instead of what’s good for the company and shareholders.

Where'd you get that number for the base out your ass? Yes you did.

 

[bodyforlife]

Oh and let me add, that I'm not a NIKE guy. I buy Asics and they fit my feet perfectly and give me the stabalization I need better than any other shoe on the market. And as a trainer, I take my fitness very personally. I hardly think I'm going to risk injury, switching over to a brand that doesn't fit me properly just because some dickhead kneels during the anthem. Seriously, how stupid is that?

 

[Enfuego]

Who says it's a result of that? Clearly the people at NIKE have some intelligent people working for them that weighed the pros and the cons before making the move and thought the benefit outweighed the damage. You do realize we have over 320 million people in the country now and considerably more internationally? Years ago I used to admire entertainers like Johnny Carson and Bob Hope for always keeping their comedy relatively neutral, with the thought process "why tick off part of your audience with something controversial". Well the world has changed. You actually can piss off plenty of people and still have popularity. If that wasn't the case, how do you explain the popularity of people like Stephen Colbert and others like him? In addition, I doubt the number is 50%. There are plenty of people that are mature enough to ignore it.

There’s no other reasonable conclusion a person can make other than Nike made this business decision based purely on feelings. It makes no business sense whatsoever. Yes, a company like Nike has smart people working for them but there are smart people working at ESPN and Twitter etc. too. That does’t mean there’s diversity of thought taking place on the company boardroom. Clearly, if diversity of thought was encouraged, thus Kaep idea would’ve been flushed immediately. It just makes zero business sense.

They lost billions in stock value yesterday. The consumer spoke. Do you also realize their social media favorable mention rating went from 90% to 50% in one day? All of this is just a coincidence?

 

[Enfuego]

And oh by the way, Nike made this decision without giving the NFL a head’s up. What a shady move to do that to one of your most valued customers.

 

[Enfuego]

Where'd you get that number for the base out your ass? Yes you did.

What number?

 

[Enfuego]

Oh and let me add, that I'm not a NIKE guy. I buy Asics and they fit my feet perfectly and give me the stabalization I need better than any other shoe on the market. And as a trainer, I take my fitness very personally. I hardly think I'm going to risk injury, switching over to a brand that doesn't fit me properly just because some dickhead kneels during the anthem. Seriously, how stupid is that?

I wouldn’t either but you underestimate what people will do in America based on patriotism.

 

[PatsFan1283]

They’ve lost around 2% of their value since the campaign was announced. This after a 65% runup over the last year (vs around 15% SPY)

It’s a dumb move but probably slightly -ev at worst. The real world not as exciting as social media debates on these incredibly polarizing, unimportant topics.

 

[bodyforlife]

There’s no other reasonable conclusion a person can make other than Nike made this business decision based purely on feelings. It makes no business sense whatsoever. Yes, a company like Nike has smart people working for them but there are smart people working at ESPN and Twitter etc. too. That does’t mean there’s diversity of thought taking place on the company boardroom. Clearly, if diversity of thought was encouraged, thus Kaep idea would’ve been flushed immediately. It just makes zero business sense.

They lost billions in stock value yesterday. The consumer spoke. Do you also realize their social media favorable mention rating went from 90% to 50% in one day? All of this is just a coincidence?

Uh we've already gone over the stock thing (no need to continue with that nonsense). Sorry you're so caught up with the day to day gyrations of the market. And I've already given you the other side of the argument so yes, there are other reasonable conclusions.

 

[bodyforlife]

What number?

50%

 

[PatsFan1283]

Kaep is just kinda old news. It is a move a bunch of coked up gen-X bros that have their assistants monitor social media all day would make.

I don’t think people that supported him really care about him much anymore.