Nike Winning Isn't for Everyone
Campaign · 2024
Nike’s 90-second Olympics film asked whether the drive to win made athletes bad people.
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@IngramAlerts · Jul 19, 2024
Kevin Durant upset that he was left out of the new Nike Olympic Commercial Durant is the all time points leader in USA Olympics History and has been with Nike since 2007
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How it worksNumbers
- Whole campaign impressions; undated award-entry claim
- 12B
- Self-reported · The One Club
- Seed to milestone
- same day
- Jul 19 ’24 to Jul 19 ’24
- Platforms
- 5
- Started on YouTube
- Origin
- Mixed
- Sports
How it spread
Trace the originNike launched its Dafoe-narrated film with a paid media rollout before Paris. Durant questioned his omission, fans reacted and critics debated the message. Nike added athlete films, and agencies later claimed reach and commercial lifts.
Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
Timeline (16)
June 2024
John Donahoe / Nike precursor · Jun 27 ’24
Nike told investors its Olympics brand campaign would arrive in a few weeks.[1]
July 2024
MediaPost press · Jul 19 ’24
MediaPost covered the film, its social launch and Nike’s athlete microsite.[4]
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- 1Treat a provocative brand message as a position audiences may contest.
Every number (11)
- Durant extension on Instagram only; undated agency claim“Kevin Durant’s athlete extension accumulated a staggering 26.2M views on Instagram”26.2M[21]
Press (6 outlets)
- Jul 19, 2024same day
Complex · Did Kevin Durant Call Out Nike For Olympic Ad Snub? The Internet Reacts
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