message behind the advertising campaign fronted by former american football quarterback calling kappa nick the ad premiers ahead of tonight's n.f.l. class featuring the super bowl champions philadelphia eagles and it sparked fierce debate in the u.s. captain it was a controversial figure after quietly launching what's now known as the taken a campaign a protest against racial inequality videos of people burning men nike merchandise appeared on social media this week with many pledging to boycott nike merchandise for its the citizens of promote company x. message late on wednesday president donald trump tweeted in support of a boycott questioning the company's decision to side with the taken me campaign. many consumers are praising nike for its decision however claiming they are now more likely to purchase nike merchandise than ever before. i have always were new balance because they are white and now i would like to wear night because i would be proud to wear nike sports stars including serena williams and shocking griffin who both appear alongside cap'n he could never have also praised th

season nike of name calling kappa nick as the face of the new advertising campaign the quarterback who triggered a political firestorm by kneeling during the u.s. national anthem to protest racial injustice kaepernick who doesn't even have a team announced the multi-year deal with this photo on twitter the thirty year old hasn't played since leaving the san francisco forty nine is in only twenty seventeen and is currently suing the n.f.l. for religiously freezing him out of the league because of these protests aside from the just do it campaign nike will also bring out a range of cap and clothing products and donate money to ease know you'll rights campaign this is a huge divisive issue in the united states and nike shares have dropped nearly two percent since the announcement many americans have posted videos destroying nike products in protest along with the hash tag just that i buy go buy some adidas. you know how many other sneakers there are to buy to choose from they're going to go ahead you're going to go ahead and say hey by our shoes we stand with people who meal for the natio

later on it comes as sports work company nike released the next phase of their campaign with collin kappa nick cap'n it was the first n.f.l. player to nail during the national anthem to hardy racial justice and he's been without a team since opting out of his san francisco forty nine ers contract last year l.a. lakers star lebron james is the late sister a high profile player it's a lend his support to kaput. no i stand for anybody that believe in change or stand for anybody that believes in a positive attitude in a positive matter. and i believe and i stand with nike every day. of the world surf league has announced that male and female pro surface will get the same prize money from next year becomes one of the first global sports leagues to achieve prize money equality so think it sets be a part of the twenty twenty games in tokyo. oh my goodness that's just incredible news to receive i didn't see it coming. i feel just more motivated than ever for next year and the rest of this year and just so thankful for the davis off for making the step in women surfing it's something that i think we're

china's also denied locking african economies into a debt trap american football player called in kappa nick has announced his new deal with nike with this photo on twitter cap an extended controversy in twenty sixteen when he refused to stand for the playing of the national anthem before games the announcement immediately led to calls on social media for a boycott of nike goods there have been protests in the south of yemen amid anger over the sol the coalition's presence in the country. the demonstrators in the lead his governor it chanted for the coalition to leave calling it a puppet of the u.s. some yemenis block spain roads and carried placards blaming the coalition for the deteriorating economy well those are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us the stream is coming up next thank you very much for watching. in indonesia palm oil is a billion dollar business want to win east investigates the price the country's paying. to feed the world's oil addiction. on al-jazeera. imo they could be. seen and you're in the stream so they will hear from an artist who's mixing hip hop with the

a critics of american athlete calling kappa nick have been burning nike trainers to protest a new ads the former n.f.l. quarterback courted controversy off to refusing to stand during the american national anthem as a symbol against racial injustice and police brutality krista salumi has more from new york. believe in something even if it means sacrificing everything nike's new just do it ad campaign is proving as controversial as one of the stars chosen to deliver it former national football league quarterback collin capper nick he hasn't played football since repeatedly refusing to stand for the national anthem before games during the two thousand and sixteen season prompting other players to follow suit not only my burning my favorite pair and nike is your burning your sales ad like the protests have provoked anger among some n.f.l. fans and president donald trump they consider it disrespectful to the american flag and the military some have called for a boycott of nike products nike know they make culling but supporters say it's meant to call attention to racial injustices and is

and racial injustice which was started two years ago by former san francisco quarterback collin kappa nick. kaepernick tweeted these support for the players he said my brothers continue to show their unwavering strength by fighting for the oppressed they have not backed down even when attacked and intimidated courage will move the world forward love is at the root of our resistance the dolphins ran out twenty seven twenty winners in that match against the titans elsewhere baltimore hammered the buffalo bills the packers edge the bears tampa bay defeated new orleans in a high school in game and the new england patriots also got off to a winning start two games coming up on monday night the new york jets are at the detroit lions and the rams and raiders clash in los angeles one fan has died and at least forty have been injured in a stampede ahead of madagascar's home africa cup of nations qualifier against sinegal it happened before kickoff as thousands of fans were trying to access the stadium through the solitary entrance in antananarivo there was a minute's silence for the victims before

cap and take a contract to play last season this is a highly divisive issue many people supported kappa nick and the other players who had to choose to have taken many critics though accuse them of being unpatriotic disrespectful to the american flag and president trump as you mentioned he also weighed in and this is what he had to say about these she was a campaign rally in september last year. would you love to see one of these. when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a field right now out of the sky. by. although he doesn't have a club it's not like he's. listening on nike's payroll and i think that's partly the problem here because a lot of people have come out now against cap and this is really kind of added more fuel to the fire if you like quite literally we can look at some of the reactions because people have been posting on of the hash tag. just to refine the just do it and this is the result hundreds of dollars worth of sports up in smoke john rich is a us country singer so the sound man is. going to very short. other people have been supportive of company in a m

brutality and racial injustice which started two years ago by former san francisco quarterback collin kappa nick kaepernick himself tweeted his support for the players he said my brother's going to need to show their unwavering strength by fighting for the oppressed they have not backed down even when attacked and in terminated their courage will move the world forward love is at the root of our resistance. one fan has died and at least forty have been injured in a stampede ahead of madagascar's home africa cup of nations qualifier against sinegal it happened before kickoff as thousands of fans were trying to access the stadium through the solitary entrance in antananarivo there was a minute's silence for the victims before kick off but the match still went ahead and finished two nil and olivier giroud goal proved to be the difference for world champions france as they beat the netherlands two one for their first win in the u.a.e. for nations league the chelsea forward smashed them a second half ali to win the game after dutchman ryan babel at cancel delta killing them barbie's first of strike o

player calling kappa nick would be making an ad with nike now though the ad is out and they are there is a bit of praise for calling happening out there there has been that's been the main kenda now actually people are using the hash tag i'm with cap to share their support for the athlete best known of course for taking any during the national anthem at n.f.l. games in protest against inequality for blacks. i'll continue to say i'm going to continue to stand with the people that have been oppressed to me this is something that has to change and when there's significant change and i feel like that flag represents was supposed to represent this country as representing people the way they're supposed to stand since kneeling in two thousand and sixteen copper neck has not been signed by another team the kneeling protests however have continued and they have grown those opposed who oppose capper next say he's unpatriotic those who support him say he's finally giving a voice to the millions of americans were treated unfairly because of the color of their skin this weekend nike will share th

have dropped by two percent amid a backlash over their new advertising campaign fronted by collin kappa nick the first n.f.l. player to meall doing the u.s. national anthem the quarterback who doesn't even have a team announced the multi-year deal just a few days before the start of the new season he's not played since leaving the san francisco forty nine is in only twenty seventeen and is suing the n.f.l. for allegedly freezing him out because all these protests against racial injustice aside from the just do it campaign nike will also bring out a range of japanese clothing products and donate money to he's know you rights campaign this is a usually divisive issue in the united states and many critics have posted videos destroying nike products in protest along with the hash tag just burn it and i buy go buy some adidas. you know how many other sneakers are to buy the choose from here to go ahead you're going to go ahead. and say buy our shoes we stand with people who need all for the national anthem well sorry nike i would buy new for the past twenty plus years not anymore not only my burn