
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 over 3% in the pre-market.
Setting half their lawn on fire while burning Nike shoes pic.twitter.com/rDqGGARzj0
— Things White Folks Like (@Things4WhitePpl) September 4, 2018
On a side note, it appears Twitter has decided that snowflakes are just not prepared to see a pair of sneakers on fire and have attached a warning note to the previous tweet…

That is a loss of over $4 billion in market capitalization since the market close on Friday…

ike may have “just done it” but was it worth it?
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.
And this could be a problem – #BoycottNike is now the number 1 trending topic on Twitter in the US...

They slit their own throat because they dragged leftist liberal politics into the business arena where average American people with common sense won’t tolerate it.
Hey boss, J.P.; I gottta really greeeat idea that’ll help sell our new line of Chinese made garbage shoes!”