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'Just Do It' Campaign Featuring Colin Kaepernick Seen As Risk Nike's Willing To Take

Published September 4, 2018 at 12:33 PM CDT
Honoree Colin Kaepernick speaks onstage at ACLU SoCal Hosts Annual Bill of Rights Dinner at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on December 3, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
Honoree Colin Kaepernick speaks onstage at ACLU SoCal Hosts Annual Bill of Rights Dinner at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on December 3, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is the face of Nike’s relaunch of the “Just Do It” campaign. There have been consumer protests, but so far no response from the NFL, which has an apparel deal with Nike.

Here & Now’s Lisa Mullins checks in with MSNBC anchor and economics correspondent Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi), co-host of “Velshi & Ruhle.”

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