{"id":1764173,"date":"2022-12-06T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1764173"},"modified":"2022-12-06T08:04:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T13:04:03","slug":"nike-cuts-ties-with-nets-kyrie-irving-after-promotion-of-antisemitic-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nike-cuts-ties-with-nets-kyrie-irving-after-promotion-of-antisemitic-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike Cuts Ties With Nets\u2019 Kyrie Irving After Promotion of Antisemitic Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnike-cuts-ties-with-nets-kyrie-irving-after-promotion-of-antisemitic-film%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1764173&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Sportswear giant Nike has officially cut ties with Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving a month after his suspension for posting a link to a film based on an antisemitic film.<\/p>\n<p>The news, first reported by Shams Charania, comes after the player was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/11\/03\/nets-suspend-kyrie-irving-refusing-disavow-antisemitic-beliefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspended<\/a>\u00a0on November 3 for five games after refusing to say \u201cunequivocally\u201d that he holds no antisemitic beliefs. The suspension came on the heels of a tweet he posted touting a movie based on an antisemitic book.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"a8d-pre twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyrie Irving is no longer a Nike athlete, Nike spokesperson says. The sides have parted ways one month after Nike suspended its relationship with the Nets star. Irving has one of most popular signatures shoes in the NBA and is now a sneaker free agent.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1599798845587820544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Despite the initial five-game term, the team added that Irving would have to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/11\/07\/brooklyn-nets-give-kyrie-irving-six-conditions-to-meet-before-returning-from-suspension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">six conditions<\/a> to return to the team, hinting that his suspension could last longer than five games.<\/p>\n<p>Irving was brought back to the team after missing eight games, but not before hundreds of members of the controversial Black Israelites held a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/11\/25\/watch-hundreds-of-black-israelites-chant-we-are-the-real-jews-during-pro-kyrie-irving-march-in-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">march<\/a> in New York City to support Irving.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/id\/1245201028\/photo\/kyrie-irving-of-the-brooklyn-nets-in-action-against-the-orlando-magic-at-barclays-center-on.jpg?s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;k=20&#038;c=YLq5TGnmiefzXvHMVdLQ5-jtGtpZ5F3r46lJ6v8yi1Q=\" alt=\"Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets in action against the Orlando Magic at Barclays Center on November 28, 2022 in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User...\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Kyrie Irving is #11 of the Brooklyn Nets in action against the Orlando Magic at Barclays Center on November 28, 2022, in New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Irving\u2019s cancellation by Nike was presaged by Nike co-founder Phil Knight who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/11\/10\/phil-knight-says-nikes-relationship-kyrie-irving-likely-over\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> early in November that he didn\u2019t think Nike could continue its association with Irving after the charges of antisemitism.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/id\/1155189271\/photo\/phil-knight-co-founder-and-chairman-emeritus-of-nike-attends-the-annual-allen-company-sun.jpg?s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;k=20&#038;c=9JMI8iNsBWyVb8OFgoAuD2DtrOhCe2uEA5slhSs9sQ4=\" alt=\"Phil Knight, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, attends the annual Allen &#038; Company Sun Valley Conference, July 11, 2019 in Sun Valley, Idaho....\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Phil Knight, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, attends the annual Allen &#038; Company Sun Valley Conference on July 11, 2019, in Sun Valley, Idaho. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cKyrie stepped over the line. It\u2019s kind of that simple,\u201d Knight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rce4jUIBHzo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> CNBC. \u201cHe made some statements that we just can\u2019t abide by, and that\u2019s why we ended the relationship. I was fine with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a>, or Truth Social <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@WarnerToddHuston\">@WarnerToddHuston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sportswear giant Nike has officially cut ties with Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving a month after his suspension for posting a link to a film based on an antisemitic film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1764176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1764173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1764176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1764173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1764173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}