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> Did Kaepernick taking a knee lose (insert team here) a measurable amount of money?

Did this guy lose the company a measurable amount of money?

Given that this law is like a week old and how little attention customers pay to CEO twitter, I'm almost certain that's a no.

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Did he? Probably not, as he made the tweet two days ago.

Would he have lost them money? Yes, definitely, without question.

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> Would he have lost them money? Yes, definitely, without question

I question it. You’re too confident here. How much money would he lose? Is it measurable? A blip?

And how much increased revenue would be gained by his supporters? Does it even out?

How many people doing the canceling have never bought from the company, nor would ever?

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> How many people doing the canceling have never bought from the company, nor would ever?

No one was cancelled.

> I question it. You’re too confident here. How much money would he lose? Is it measurable? A blip?

Do you think he would've been fired if his superiors thought otherwise?

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> Would he have lost them money? Yes, definitely, without question.

So would it be right to fire Kaepernick at the first hint of controversy, since it would be reasonable to predict that would cause at least some loss of revenue?

[void_mint]

I don't think the role of quarterback on a football team is comparable to the role of CEO of a tech company.

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> I don't think the role of quarterback on a football team is comparable to the role of CEO of a tech company.

Yeah, an NFL quarterback has much higher profile. Given how well known quarterbacks are to the public, statements they make (especially on TV during games) have much higher impact than a tweet from some no-name CEO.

I think the focus on revenue, etc. have an element of bad faith to them. The real metric seems to be you agree with A and disagree with B, so it's wrong to punish A and fine to punish B. What to choose as a publicly offered "critical metric" can usually be gerrymandered to get whatever result one desires.

Personally, I don't think anyone should be fired for expressing an opinion, especially not one that's well within the Overton Window of the country as a whole. To do otherwise invites polarization and extremism.

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> Yeah, an NFL quarterback has much higher profile.

Hilarious. I'll stop communicating as it's clear you're only communicating in bad faith.

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>> Yeah, an NFL quarterback has much higher profile.

> Hilarious. I'll stop communicating as it's clear you're only communicating in bad faith.

My statement is objectively true. Grab someone on the street, and ask them which of these names they recognize: Colin Kaepernick (QB) or Jed York (CEO)? They're going to recognize the guy they actually watch on TV.

We can even get pseudo-quantitative with this:

https://twitter.com/jimmyg_10 (one of three current starting quarterbacks for the 49ers, apparently got the job last season): 234.1K Followers

https://twitter.com/jedyork (apparently CEO of the 49ers since 2008): 128.6K Followers