First CEO Hits NFL Right in the Wallet Over 'Unpatriotic' National Anthem Protests
Two years ago, Cleveland, Tenn., businessman Allan Jones was proudly showing off his newly acquired Hardwick Clothing-brand suits by providing the wardrobe for NBC's on-air talent during the network's broadcasts of NFL football games.
But after NFL players and coaches challenged President Donald Trump and many took a knee during the national anthem played before their games over the weekend, Jones said he is through sponsoring the wardrobes or advertising on stations that air the National Football League.
Jones, CEO of the payday lending chain Check Into Cash and owner of Hardwick Clothes — America's oldest suit maker — tweeted his criticism and change of heart Tuesday.
"Our companies will not condone unpatriotic behavior!" said Jones, CEO of the payday lending chain Check Into Cash and owner of Hardwick Clothes — America's oldest suit maker. "For the 29 states we operate in, this isn't much to them, but it's a lot to us. The Tombras Group is our ad agency in Knoxville and our national media buyer for both TV and radio (for Check Into Cash) and don't look for Hardwick on the NFL either."
Jones, a strong supporter of Trump, directed his media buyer, the Tombras Group in Knoxville, to remove any commercials for Check Into Cash, Buy Here Pay here USA, or U.S. Money Stores from airing during NFL games "for the entire season."
Jones acquired the then financially struggling Hardwick Clothing in 2014 and has since boosted production and sales for the oldest continuously operating suit maker in the country.
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Jones, CEO of the payday lending chain Check Into Cash
"I'm not into people disrespecting the National Anthem, I am into bankrupting poor black people with usurious interest rates."
Link please
That is a satirical quote Vic, get with it.
You didn't indicate that - I thought "Mediamatters" might have tossed something out there.
Let me do one:
Colin Rand Kaepernick unwanted free agent:
"I hate whitey"
Supposedly you are smarter than the comment you just made.
Fine with me. I know he wouldn't say that.
You must think that Jones might actually have said what the "fake quote" said.
Do you really want to play? Jones wouldn't say that but Kapernick and many, many others would
I'm not going to get into what every person on earth has said.
I'll bet, but if you want to keep charging "racism" - I'll be glad to show you exactly who they are
Vic, I know you think blacks are the real racists. Quite a few of your posts have that theme. I just dont have the desire to go down that rabbit hole with you.
And I know your feelings too. You called Jones a "racist" with no evidence, thus I responded.
We don't need to debate where the racism is, I'll be around to make people accountable whenever that word it thrown around.
Have a good night
I didn't "call" Jones a racist. I imagined what such a person might say. He owns a business that mainly exploits poor black people, and then leads the charge in complaining about black players protesting at football games.
I don't call individuals racist though until after I have talked to them personally. Or they make egregious public statements.
You might be right John. Haven't seen too many poor black men walking around in 2 or 3 piece Hardwick suits lately.
I was once legal counsel to a company like his. They provide a stop-gap service to persons who could suffer if they did not have access to their services, and their services are provided to persons who need such help but are unable to get it at the regular banks. There are negatives in many businesses, including that one, but there are also positives that fulfill many person's needs.
"Check Into Cash charges borrowers a large fee to use their services. Depending on the state, the APR can range from 153% to 1042%. The APR varies greatly depending on the state you live in and, in some cases, by the amount you are borrowing. A $300.00 loan in Idaho with a 14-day term advance will have a $75.00 fee added onto the repayment amount. That is an APR of 651.79% . If the entire amount, loan plus fee, is not repaid on the agreed-upon date, you are charged an additional $20.00."
I guess you missed the part where he's CEO of Hardwick Clothing, and provided suits to NBC's hosts for the games. Nah, just skip over that part.
It means I have no interest in what the man has to say. He is not a reputable person.
Besides, the NFL doesn't give a shit where he gets his money to pay for ads. They just want their money.
Seriously? Since when did you care about a person's reputation? Hillary much?
It's a crime how that company forces folks to take payday loans!
Yeah, because that is the demographic they specifically target.
Mr. Russell, a couple of days ago seeded an article about playing our Anthem at football games and it got a lot of hits.
I don't take derogatory comments about my Country lightly.
After a lot of thought, I believe that the Anthem should NOT be played at football games. If it is not played these "knee" warmers will have to come up with something else. Why disrespect our Country?
Yes, put your money where your mouth is! Pull out advertisers and without money they ain't got no money. Let these spoiled brats find another way of protesting something that their kneeling is not going to fix.
Get your Nikes, your Addidas, your Gatorade, your suits from some other place. These football players need us more than we need them.
They aren't the only ones:
Source.
This kneeling started as an "Anti-Police" movement by Kaepernick but let's all forget that he wore socks that depicted pigs in police uniforms and make this kneeling protest about racism instead. This is what the Left is doing. Hell, I got into an argument with a cousin; because I gave her the timeline that started these protests by these sports stars that are causing the division of this country. But, let's listen and agree with LeBron James that Trump is using sports to divide the country, when it has been the sports stars using sports to divide the country using meaningless gestures and not using their millions of dollars to fund studies to improve law enforcement's responses if they are so concerned about it. These gestures are just as meaningless as wearing pink to increase breast cancer awareness. Unless money goes towards the cause and is put to good use, the gestures mean nothing and do not fix anything...just causing more strife instead.
And that is the problem. Many of these multi-millionaires who are taking a knee aren't contributing a damn thing to the fix. It's all about getting their name out there and be the "hero". They aren't heroes. The real heroes are the ones like Villanueva or Glen Coffee or Pat Tillman who served. The real heroes are the ones that put their lives on the line so that bullshit like this can happen. They chose to serve because it takes 2 balls to be a Soldier.
It's slacktivism.