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Link to interview here:
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/16/manny-pacquiao-gay-people-worse-than-animals
Currently Pacquiao isn't in a lot of peoples good graces for the remarks made in the video above. Nike has recently terminated their relationship with the boxing legend earlier today stating "We find Manny Pacquiaos comments abhorrent, and "Nike strongly opposes discrimination of any kind and has a long history of supporting and standing up for the rights of the LGBT community." Although I'm unaware of how much that deal was worth considering Pacquaio's standing in the boxing world I can't imagine this being a huge blow to his bank account (well not enough to put him in financial stress given how much he made in the Mayweather fight but still) but more than that it's a big blow to his image.
Considering Manny is a devout Christian I don't want to shit on the guy too much for this, he seems like an overall good guy and probably just takes his bible a little too seriously but in all honesty how stupid can you be making a remark like this? In this day and age he should of known this was going to happen and I'd be surprised if Nike is the only sponsorship he loses for saying something like this. Not only is it a very controversial remark but the second you start saying things like they are worse than animals you have to expect a major backlash as it comes off as incredibly ignorant and flat out stupid(You've never seen a male dog mount and fuck another male dog? Really?).
All in all I think Nike was right to drop Pacquiao, he's free to believe what he wants to believe and think what he wants to think but considering what was said they really had no choice to remove themselves from a situation that could ultimately be toxic to their brand.
Personally I don't agree with what Pacquiao said in any way, shape or form. I don't necessarily have any hate on the guy, I understand he's incredibly religious and when you follow the bible pretty much word for word you have to entertain the notion that something like this could happen. For myself it really comes down to the fact that Pacquiao made an incredibly dumb comment in a place where the whole world can see it and at the end of the day he should really be a lot smarter than that.
Anyways what do you all think? Do you agree/disagree with Manny's comments? Do you find his comments as head shaking as I do? Do you think Nike (and any future sponsorship's that drop him) was in the right? All responses welcome!
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/16/manny-pacquiao-gay-people-worse-than-animals
Currently Pacquiao isn't in a lot of peoples good graces for the remarks made in the video above. Nike has recently terminated their relationship with the boxing legend earlier today stating "We find Manny Pacquiaos comments abhorrent, and "Nike strongly opposes discrimination of any kind and has a long history of supporting and standing up for the rights of the LGBT community." Although I'm unaware of how much that deal was worth considering Pacquaio's standing in the boxing world I can't imagine this being a huge blow to his bank account (well not enough to put him in financial stress given how much he made in the Mayweather fight but still) but more than that it's a big blow to his image.
Considering Manny is a devout Christian I don't want to shit on the guy too much for this, he seems like an overall good guy and probably just takes his bible a little too seriously but in all honesty how stupid can you be making a remark like this? In this day and age he should of known this was going to happen and I'd be surprised if Nike is the only sponsorship he loses for saying something like this. Not only is it a very controversial remark but the second you start saying things like they are worse than animals you have to expect a major backlash as it comes off as incredibly ignorant and flat out stupid(You've never seen a male dog mount and fuck another male dog? Really?).
All in all I think Nike was right to drop Pacquiao, he's free to believe what he wants to believe and think what he wants to think but considering what was said they really had no choice to remove themselves from a situation that could ultimately be toxic to their brand.
Personally I don't agree with what Pacquiao said in any way, shape or form. I don't necessarily have any hate on the guy, I understand he's incredibly religious and when you follow the bible pretty much word for word you have to entertain the notion that something like this could happen. For myself it really comes down to the fact that Pacquiao made an incredibly dumb comment in a place where the whole world can see it and at the end of the day he should really be a lot smarter than that.
Anyways what do you all think? Do you agree/disagree with Manny's comments? Do you find his comments as head shaking as I do? Do you think Nike (and any future sponsorship's that drop him) was in the right? All responses welcome!