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Post by prozyan on Sept 25, 2018 16:10:49 GMT -5
Nike reported earnings today and, as expected, they beat expectations. The stock fell, but it had run up just over 35% already, so that isn't surprising given the earnings beat wasn't spectacular.
Anyway, the bottom line is Nike isn't being hurt by the ad or Kaepernick though I'm sure some will try to spin it that way.
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Post by nighttimer on Sept 25, 2018 21:28:20 GMT -5
As Week Four of the NFL season is almost upon us (damn Thursday games!), the San Francisco 49ers have a problem. Their starting quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo torn his ACL last Sunday and is done for the season. So are the 49ers hopes of finishing above .500 and maybe making a return to the playoffs.
The Niners will turn to C.J. Betheard to lead them the rest of the way. They promoted some nobody named Nick Mullens from the practice squad, and are bringing in professional scrubs like Tom Savage, Matt Simms and Kellen Clemens among others for a veteran backup.
But not Colin Kaepernick and why? The head coach and general manager say Kap doesn't fit in their system. To which I reply, FUCK YOUR SYSTEM. Get over yourselves and bring in a QB who might actually help the Niners win a game instead of squatting on the end of the damn bench.
There are pro and cons to bring Kaepernick back into the NFL and The Root ticked off a few of them.
I'm a lifelong 49ers fan who bleeds crimson and gold from John Brodie to Joe Montana to Steve Young to Jeff Garcia to Colin Kaepernick. I feel badly for Jimmy G., but I feel worse for Kaepernick and until the NFL and the 49ers do right by him, I truly don't give a shit if they get their asses handed to them for the next 13 games.
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Post by nighttimer on Feb 3, 2019 21:17:19 GMT -5
Colin Kaepernick is not one of the quarterbacks in Super Bowl 53. He hasn't even played in the NFL for two seasons.
But that doesn't mean he hasn't had a major impact on the NFL's signature event. Without being on the field Kaepernick has made an undeniable difference.
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Post by nighttimer on Feb 15, 2019 15:11:28 GMT -5
Kaepernick and Eric Reid's collusion case against the NFL is over. Reid returned to the NFL with the Carolina Panthers (and found himself "randomly" drug tested seven times), but Kaepernick has not found another team since 2016. During the Super Snore Bowl, Commissioner and Noted Tool Roger Goodell was asked by a reporter why Kaepernick hadn't been signed by any quarterback-starved franchise and with a straight face he said, "I think if a team decides that Colin Kaepernick or any other player can help their team win, that’s what they’ll do. They want to win, and they make those decisions individually in best interest of their club." Riiiiiiiight. So when stiffs like Mark Sanchez and other zeroes land roster spots while a guy who took a team to the Super Bowl sits at home, there's no collusion and teams are trying to win. Guess that means Kap will be back in the NFL in 2019, huh? Yeah, that's what I thought too.
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Post by Vince524 on Feb 15, 2019 16:31:04 GMT -5
It's frustrating when you follow a lawsuit and they settle and you don't know what happened behind the scenes.
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Post by nighttimer on Feb 16, 2019 18:19:21 GMT -5
It's frustrating when you follow a lawsuit and they settle and you don't know what happened behind the scenes. That's how non-disclosure agreements work. If the NFL cut a check to Colin Kaepernick in the neighborhood of $10 to $50 million, it has to because they were afraid of what might come out in those interviews, memos, emails and other correspondence between league owners, general managers and coaches. Perhaps what Kap's attorneys had discovered wasn't a smoking gun proving collusion against him, but some ugly stuff in those communications that reinforces the suggestion that NFL owners have " a plantation mentality." While we will likely never know the full reasons why the NFL took a knee and negotiated a settlement with Kap and Eric Reid, there are some signals that the league was in an untenable position and decided to close down the show rather than face a potentially humiliating and embarrassing defeat. Sports Illustrated peels the layers of this onion back and goes into why the league caved. Which makes it not only a necessity for the NFL to write a check to Kaepernick and Reid, but to put this behind them before the CBA expires next year. It is highly likely the players will go on strike in 2020 or the owners will lock them out. No matter how this plays out, the NFL does not want to be fighting a battle on multiple fronts. It's a shame we will likely know what prompted the NFL to settle, but the odds are high they were facing far more pain had this matter gone on any longer.
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Post by robeiae on Feb 21, 2019 10:01:44 GMT -5
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