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Colorado Sports Store Closing After Not Stocking Nike Items Over Colin Kaepernick Campaign

A Colorado sports store is closing its doors after sales dropped following the owner's decision last year to stop stocking Nike items, according to KOAA News 5 in Pueblo, Col.

Prime Time Sports owner Stephen Martin told News 5 that he can no longer afford his lease at Chapel Hills Mall in Colorado Springs after being open over 20 years. Last year he decided to stop selling Nike items after the brand made former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick the face of its 30th anniversary "Just Do It" campaign.

"Being a sports store without Nike is kind of like being a milk store without milk or a gas station without gas.