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(11-15-2018 11:12 AM)spydersuit Wrote:  

(09-04-2018 11:00 AM)Cr33pin Wrote:  

(09-04-2018 07:32 AM)IveBeenFramed Wrote:  

Nike's Kaepernick Ad Has Cost The Company Over $3 Billion So Far

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-0...ion-so-far

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Since announcing their new advertising campaign will be led by Colin Kaepernick, the social media backlash has dominated the virtue-signaling efforts we presume they hoped for.

With images of Nike apparel and footwear being burned and real sacrifice being discussed, it appears investors are growing disillusioned as NFL fans as Nike shares are down 2.4% in the pre-market.

If the public backlash against other corporate brand names who have taken a vocal political stance is any indication, Nike faces considerably more pressure: companies from Dick's (which saw a sharp decline in sales after it stopped selling guns), to ESPN, to Papa John's, to Twitter and Facebook, to In-N-Out burger, have all seen an angry customer backlash - from either the left or the right - once these corporations entered the political arena, resulting in a hit to the top line, and ultimately, the shareholders' pocket.

Back to my classic Puma sneakers then if that's how Nike wants to be.

Pumas are incredible! The classic suede shoes are 50-80 bucks and are appropriate for any age man. Nikes are for dipshits that want to waste their money on being flashy.

Man, you guys are taking me down memory lane. Those classic blue suede Puma "Clydes" were the coolest shoes of all when I was in high school.



They were the first shoe named after a player, Walt "Clyde" Frazier, and were, in the end, better as every day shoes than as basketball shoes, since they weren't high tops, and who in high school is going to tape their ankles?

Anyway, it is nice reminder of Clyde himself:

He isn't a legend the way some others of his time are, but he was clearly the coolest of the cool players at the time, with his fashion sense and style and the fact that he was the best player ever at stealing the ball and never seemed to change expression or break a sweat while doing it.

He even wrote a book that we passed around in high school that told you how to play the game, how to dress, how to groom yourself, and overall how to be cool. He even said that if you wanted a reputation for fast hands, you had to be able to catch flies out of the air, and he gave instructions for that too.

He also had great advice about stealing the ball, about how you go for it right when it leaves the hand on the dribble, so you have the most time to get it. On the strategy of the steal, he said you feel the other players rhythm so you know when you can steal the ball, but you don't do it early in the game, you wait and wait till the end when it will demoralize the other team, and by the time you go for it, it feels like the other player is overconfident, and tossing the ball out there like a yo-yo on a string.





Ok. Nostalgia eruption over. Pumas have a good pedigree.

Not quite over. Some Clyde highlights.