Who needs bots when you have nepotism?’ - @sankofafw in my DMs after I posted about that Nike exec stepping down...
I’m kinda flattered that y’all are hitting me in the comments and DMs as my opinion as if it actually matters.
Short story made shorter - a 25-year Nike executive recently resigned yesterday after it was discovered that her son was the subject of a Bloomberg news article talking about how dope of a reseller he is. Plenty of pics surfaced through is multiple instagram accounts and it’s borderline offensive as a dude who has tried to hit ~3 times on the SNKRS app. Every time I think things have gotta get better, it just ends up looking worse and worse. Again, if you don’t feel like a chump, you might want to re-evaluate your priorities.
Truth be told - it kinda sucks that the wrath of the internet has now been thrust upon a couple of cheaters. It’s easy to target them. But why isn’t anyone asking Nike how something like this could happen? Why isn’t anyone asking Nike to comment on ANY of this shit we’ve suspected has been going on for years?
From what my source at Nike told me - ‘Nike has known her son was a reseller for years. Other employees and directors actually buy from him.’
It’s easy for us to just throw stones at this big ass corporation because our complaints go unheard. And the fact that every drop still *sells out* (even if it is to Nike employee family members), it signifies that Nike doesn’t have to care - there are enough rabid supporters that’ll support Nike through ALL of this shit. Sound familiar?
Imagine a small mom and pop business pulling something like this...They’d be outed by Nike AND the community at large. Hell, even the GOATs son got away with it. Yet here we are - back to just bitching and moaning while pulling out our wallets at even the whiff of a ‘limited’ release that we can make a few bucks off of. Shits embarrassing.
As much as I love Nike and the history and and still go crazy for sneaker after sneaker, I really feel like a punk supporting a company that really doesn’t give a shit whether or not I exist. It’s disheartening. When are we going to demand more?