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Nike Can’t Stop Stepping On Its Own Swoosh

The headlines keep coming… and none of them are good.

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Nick Engvall
Dec 02, 2025
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In the past few weeks alone, Nike has been in the news for:

• Pulling the plug on a transgender youth athlete study after the researcher refused to bury findings. Nike didn’t want the data public. The researcher went ahead anyway. (OutKick)

• Phil Knight dropping a $3 million donation to Republican PACs. A massive political contribution from the founder, …

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