Nike cuts ties with Manny Pacquiao after derogatory comments

[Mango]

Manny Pacquiao recently made negative comments about same sex marriage. He compared homosexual people to animals and made a apology video on instagram. He no longer has an endorsement contract with Nike.



Article
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/14793389/nike-ends-endorsement-contract-manny-pacquiao

 

[Preview]

I really like your news threads man, these are neat.

 

[Demigod]

It was deserving in my opinion.

 

[coltie2]

Yeah I also think it was deserving. You can't say things like that now a days. Bad image for sponsors

 

[Lake]

Manny Pacquiao recently made negative comments about same sex marriage. He compared homosexual people to animals and made a apology video on instagram. He no longer has an endorsement contract with Nike.



Article
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/14793389/nike-ends-endorsement-contract-manny-pacquiao

Definitely deserving, btw mango are you in L7 Sniping bro?

 

[Mango]

Definitely deserving, btw mango are you in L7 Sniping bro?

I was in the team during December 2015

 

[Lake]

I was in the team during December 2015

That's pretty sick dude, keep up these news threads though pretty interesting imo.

 

[Joker]

Keep up the news threads, good seeing activity of interest.

 

[blast]

I heard about the shit he said but I wasn't aware of him no longer being endoresed by Nike.

Interesting thread!

 

[Samus]

damn this is shocking, what a idiot he should of kept his mouth shut ha but anyways he fell off in boxing so who cares he still rich off the mayweather fight regardless

 

[Upperrush]

I really think he didn't deserve that. Everyone has a right to their opinion and ending contract is not just.

 

[Battle Field]

I agree that everyone is entitled to thier own opinion too @upperrush . He could have just told friends instead of putting it all over the media. He should have known that would cause problems.

The main problem was that the company nike promotes equality which means they accept everyone no matter what color, race, gender, age, sexual orientation or disability they are. For him to go up and say what he did, nike disapproved. That's why they cut ties with him. If he had went up and said badly about a race , religion or a disabled people, he would have still lost the contract. It wasn't just about homosexuality.

@samus he is well off but that issue will affect future employment as it will come up whenever he goes for interviews ect, same as when we go for them and if we were terrible at our last job, our previous manager can give us a bad review. Nike prob gave him one. . If he ever needed a new job ha ha . He be screwed.

 

[Hay]

I personally don't think the contract should of ended. Reason being because everyone should be able to have their own opinion on things.

 

[oVapoR]

I don't think he deserved it... i mean yes he could've kept it to himself but he decided to share that with the world.