Coincidentally, the athlete-turned-activist had just announced his new fashion collaboration with Nike and Joy Yamusangie.
In September 2023, Nike ended a $20 million partnership with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick for being “a tad too woke.”
‘A Bit Too Woke for Us’: Nike Ends $20 Million partnership with Colin Kaepernick
In a shockingly candid press release this morning, Nike, the global sportswear titan, announced the termination of its $20 million partnership with Colin Kaepernick. The reason? The former NFL quarterback is, in Nike’s own words, “perhaps a tad too woke for our tastes.”
The article was shared on the site’s Facebook page, SpaceX Lovers, after the article was posted, but a second post promoting the article followed on Nov. 7. Both posts featured comments supporting Nike’s supposed statement, implying that the readers believed the article was real.
It was not real, however — the article was originally published on SpaceXMania with a “satire” tag. The website notes in its disclaimer that articles it marks as satire, which is most of the website’s output, do not have any basis in reality:
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Kaepernick last played in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers in 2016, the same year he began kneeling during the national anthem to protest racism and police brutality. After the 49ers released him at the end of the year, Kaepernick was not signed by another team for the next year. He filed a grievance against the NFL in 2017, but the complaint was settled in 2019.
The former quarterback has been a frequent target of misinformation because of his activism. Most recently, Snopes checked three claims about Kaepernick, all of which were false and originated from SpaceXMania satire articles.
For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.
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