- 700
- 621
- Joined
- Sep 1, 2005
Why would he address the killing over Jordan's at a memorial for Joe Paterno? It wasn't an open forum for people to say what they pleased.
Phil Knight
- Thread in 'General' Thread starter Started by aka longstroke,
- Start date
- 1,679
- 10
- Joined
- May 31, 2005
Whats with these dudes like AKA LONGCHOKE trying to be deep on NT when they really are not that deep ...
aka longstroke
Banned
- 451
- 10
- Joined
- Dec 1, 2011
Right, I am not a Niketalker. First and foremost, I identify with my humanity. With this thread, this is what I am calling in to question, the humanity of Phil Knight.Originally Posted by JumpmanFromDaBay
Originally Posted by AKA LONGSTROKE
Originally Posted by JumpmanFromDaBay
your Anti Nike but your on Niketalk
Yes....I am here on Nike Talk. Yet that does not make me a Nike Talker any more than an atheist walking into a church, then becoming a believer.
WTH
If not his humanity, then it is a question of ethics.
Does he have any?
Seems not.
Kids are molested by the assistant coach of one of your heroes, and he does not act with authority. It also just so happens that this is a Nike endorsed school.
So is Phil Knight about doing what's right? Or simply what is right for Nike and their shareholders?
- 8,876
- 3,393
- Joined
- Sep 25, 2004
AKA STUPIDTHREAD
- 68,176
- 24,538
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2008
I see a bright future ahead for OP
- 5,974
- 352
- Joined
- Aug 25, 2005
youre giving him too much credit. Its not cheap to "Be a Phoenix".Originally Posted by StillIn729
I see a bright future ahead for OP
- 468
- 35
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2008
I think the real issue is the human rights issues concerning Nike/Jordan Brand. Nike has had some of the worst human/worker rights issues of any corporation in the past 30 years. The violence surrounding Jordan releases isn't as bad the human rights issue since people generally go Grand Theft Auto/Manhunt only when certain shoes, like the XIs, drop. It's fair to use hypocrisy card on Phil since the righteous indignation that he brought to JoePa's funeral is nowhere to be found when the bottom line is concerned.
- 3,009
- 581
- Joined
- Aug 11, 2007
Did you see Steve Job making any comments towards people robbing others for their apple produtcs? Or Gates when people got their xbox stolen durimg a home invasion? When you can find a CEO speaking out against this type of topic then make another thread.
- 7,554
- 551
- Joined
- Mar 8, 2001
lock this up. OP is trolling dumb hard
- 24,030
- 1,926
- Joined
- May 18, 2005
this is Niketalk, this is a good topic/thread.
I don't care to follow sports, or the politics of sports enough to know about the hypocrisy, but it is strange that a CEO would take such a stance.
- 385
- 10
- Joined
- Jan 14, 2010
I can see Phil’s point. I mean, Phil Knight knows about the deplorable working conditions in Nike’s 3rd world sweat shops, the use of child labor and abuse of the employees in these plants. He’s passed word on to the governments of the countries where his sweat shops are located about the allegations. What more could you want the man to do? (legally) He and Paterno are saints who cannot be blamed for either the rape of young children nor forcing young children to work for nothing making shoes because they did everything that is legally required of them and are too great of men to be bothered by any vague sense of moral obligations that are clearly below their stature. Don’t let the unpleasantness of moral ambiguity tarnish the Legacy of either of these great men whose contribution to human civilization whether it be building a good football team or making a quality shoe is far more important then the minor negatives of kids being raped or turned into slaves.
sbnation comment
sbnation comment
- 11,161
- 12,126
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2012
You're not gonna find anyone to sympathize on this issue with you. We're on niketalk brah.
- 18,412
- 5,848
- Joined
- Dec 23, 2003
philly dont give a damn
but he's addressing a dead scumbag who looks the other way while a grown man is playing with boys
business is business and Phil Knight dont wanna mess up his business
but he's addressing a dead scumbag who looks the other way while a grown man is playing with boys
business is business and Phil Knight dont wanna mess up his business
|A-Man|
formerly atgd7154xbbxmz
- 17,340
- 2,011
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2011
First off to address the dying over Nikes there'd be much more impact if sports stars namely Jordan, Kobe, LeBron, etc. made a statement about that not the CEO.
I don't see what this man says at JoePa's funeral has to do with ppl killing each over sneakers. Don't see how he's hypocritical. Even at the most basest level you can simply say he's at funeral of a friend he cared for and doesn't particularly care about each and every individual dying over sneakers.
I don't see what this man says at JoePa's funeral has to do with ppl killing each over sneakers. Don't see how he's hypocritical. Even at the most basest level you can simply say he's at funeral of a friend he cared for and doesn't particularly care about each and every individual dying over sneakers.
- 453
- 90
- Joined
- Oct 18, 2009
I dont understand how some of you guys find that Nike is at fault for all the violence around release dates; is it expected that they send out security teams to every single retailer in the world thats selling their product? Sucks to say that a large percentage of people that want these December releases for example dont have the moral fiber of the average individual.
- 7,740
- 2,088
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2009
you want them to put security out for every releasse and walk people home? gee hmm maybe people shouldnt be so ignorant and value material things to the point there willing to do 25-to life.
- 12,536
- 39
- Joined
- May 5, 2009
Phil doesn't care.
- 2,330
- 18
- Joined
- Sep 1, 2011
Phil Knight doesn't care about Taylor Swift!
*Kanye Shrug*
*Kanye Shrug*
- 88,370
- 47,459
- Joined
- Feb 29, 2000
Originally Posted by airedweezy
you want them to put security out for every releasse and walk people home? gee hmm maybe people shouldnt be so ignorant and value material things to the point there willing to do 25-to life.
seriously this dude said 100 million donation to a cancer institute is propaganda. seriously get the hell outta here with that kind of nonsense...
son rather have him say killing for SHOES is wrong than donate 100 million to cancer... EVERYONE knows killing for shoes is wrong
the hate for nike has made this man lose it lol
aka longstroke
Banned
- 451
- 10
- Joined
- Dec 1, 2011
I created a new topic, just for people like you.Originally Posted by Mojodmonky1
youre giving him too much credit. Its not cheap to "Be a Phoenix".Originally Posted by StillIn729
I see a bright future ahead for OP
- 88,370
- 47,459
- Joined
- Feb 29, 2000
qft but thats not wat op asked
antidope
Supporter
- 62,630
- 65,795
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2012
Materialsm causes violence everywhere. While it would be nice if he and all CEOs behind major brands said something, nothing would change. Those words wont deter people from killing for sneakers, cars, money, drugs, etc etc.
- 1,339
- 49
- Joined
- Jun 26, 2003
Makes sense now.Originally Posted by NobleKane
no actually he is nothe has not nor will he ever be reasonable about his anti nike agenda. his hate for nike is very hypocritical and childish and he always goofs up in his arguments about it. if he were reasonable he wouldnt have been banned over 10 times for the same subject matter
This is like his fourth attempt in a month on pushing the "people get killed over nikes" agenda he has chose this time around. its always something.
from endorsed athletes to performance to cost to charities to racism to style to injuries and now to getting killed over shoes and phil knight not bringing up the molested children at joe paterno's funeral. hes always tried to find a reason to make nike look like bad people in hopes of people stop liking nike.
like its been stated before in the other threads people been getting killed over shoes since the 80's. in california dudes use to get killed for their chucks by gang bangers. Anything that is hot criminals will want to rob you for. It dont matter what brand... dudes use to get got for reebok pumps...
* Exits thread
- 4,153
- 336
- Joined
- Jun 16, 2005
People get killed over
- oil
- religion
- skin color
- race
- cellphones
- iPhones
- cars
- money
- drugs
- women
- longstanding family feuds
- drunken arguments
- gang war
- neighborhood war
- cooperating with the police
- fighting the police
- going to war to serve their country
- fighting a country invading their country
- attempting to stop a robbery
- attempting to stop a mugging
- attempting to stop a fist fight
- greed
- jealously
And you think it's Phil Knight's job to address that these same morons fight over sneakers?
- oil
- religion
- skin color
- race
- cellphones
- iPhones
- cars
- money
- drugs
- women
- longstanding family feuds
- drunken arguments
- gang war
- neighborhood war
- cooperating with the police
- fighting the police
- going to war to serve their country
- fighting a country invading their country
- attempting to stop a robbery
- attempting to stop a mugging
- attempting to stop a fist fight
- greed
- jealously
And you think it's Phil Knight's job to address that these same morons fight over sneakers?
- 1,403
- 117
- Joined
- Mar 19, 2008
Phil Knight said what needed to be said about Joe Paterno. Joe Paterno was a hell of a man.