Nike drops Pacquiao

[Dback Jon]

For vicious anti-gay remarks he made!




Good job, Nike!!

 

[Iceman]

Yea, not the smartest thing to say

Gay people are "worse than animals"

Anyone know why this came up all of a sudden?

 

[Iceman]

Then he Tweeted-

I'm sorry for hurting people by comparing homosexuals to animals. Please forgive me for those I've hurt. God Bless!

A little too late. I like Manny too, so I can't believe that he would say this.

 

[Dback Jon]

Yea, not the smartest thing to say

Gay people are "worse than animals"

Anyone know why this came up all of a sudden?

He has made other anti-gay remarks.

 

[Iceman]

He has made other anti-gay remarks.

That's the first time I have heard that from him. Not smart

 

[Dback Jon]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nike-drops-manny-pacquiao-wake-anti-gay-statements-212216126--box.html

 

[Russ Smith]

Yeah love him as a boxer but he should keep stuff like that to himself.

It's really a religious thing for him I'm sure but still pretty bad I'm glad he's losing endorsements.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, told ESPN that he understood Nike’s decision.

“Nike is in the business of selling its products to as wide of an audience as they can, and Manny’s comments were insulting to a lot of people,” he said. “His comments were made to a Filipino audience, where same-sex marriage is not as accepted as it is here, and Manny is a convert of enlightened Christianity, which does not believe in same-sex relationships. But to people in the United States, his words can only be viewed as hate speech. If I was running Nike, I would have to make the same decision they did.”

It's like they think if they call themselves "enlightened," nobody can say that they're not.