Nike scores a touchdown with Kaepernick ad

The company deserves credit for using its weight to counter Donald Trump’s race-driven smear campaign against protesting ex-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

In the three weeks since Nike’s ad campaign featuring football player Colin Kaepernick launched, the company added US$6-billion to its market value. Image courtesy of Colin Kaepernick’s Twitter page

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

September 26, 2018

OTTAWA—While coaches and sideline staff in the Canadian Football League come out on the field in “Diversity Is Strength” T-shirts, the president of the United States regularly whips up his base by denigrating professional players who kneel during the national anthem to protest racism and polic...

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