Kaepernick’s Nike Ad Makes Headlines
September 25, 2018
Former San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been the center of controversy for a long time due to protesting by kneeling during the National Anthem.
Kaepernick lost his job in the National Football League since the protest against police brutality during the 2016 NFL season. Recently, Kaepernick has made headlines by suing the NFL and accusing them of colluding against him. As of late, Kaepernick’s face has appeared on Nike’s 30th-anniversary campaign.
This turned heads and was extremely controversial because of Kaepernick’s protest.
President Donald Trump is undoubtedly against Kaepernick. “There’s no reason for Nike to use Kaepernick in its marketing campaign,” said Trump in The Daily Caller article. “But I think it’s a terrible message that they’re sending and the purpose of them doing it, maybe there’s a reason for them doing it. But I think as far as sending a message, I think it’s a terrible message and a message that shouldn’t be sent. There’s no reason for it.”
It does not just stop there.
There are two different sides of the spectrum undoubtedly.
One side’s vision is that the former quarterback is disrespecting American soldiers and police officers, and there is definitely an argument to this opinion.
However, Kaepernick is committing a rightful, peaceful protest, even while there are definitely positives and negatives to his viewpoint.
Kaepernick has lost his job in the NFL, and hopefully, Kaepernick and his naysayers can come to a compromise.
Luke Ohmann • Sep 25, 2018 at 2:08 pm
Kaepernick does not understand that the reason we stand for the flag is to show respect for the ones who has died for our freedom. he his kneeling fo a symbol of freedom, and especially when this man making millions playing football should not be complaining against police brutality when he has never personally experienced it. Nike should not support a disrespectful lowest scum on earth. To back this statement up, he wore pigs with police hats as his socks, this is completely disrespectful to police and law enforcement. If he was in trouble, lets guess who he would call first… 911. To say this scum is doing the right thing is showing other people how our school is being really disrespectful to law enforcement and military personnel, especially when they sacrifice everything! Should not have done a article on someone that is that much of a disrespectful human being!