In American society, everyone has a strong desire to buy products and especially when the new products come out. Individuals will want to buy all the new products because they are the ones that are trending in society. People are going to want something more for example the Beats headphones because a really good basketball player was advertising it. In addition, companies lure consumers by using famous celebrities, so that the celebrities and the companies will make a lot of money. The companies also tell athletes how to act in the commercial and what to say because commercials are false advertising. The companies tell the athletes what to say when they are advertising the products and the company tells them misleading facts about the product.
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Sports advertisements are mainly targeted to athletes, but other people that are not in sports also wear it. Numerous people wear Nike and it looks like they are athletic, but they are not. An example of how athletes act like they are strong and tough is the Nike Snow Day commercial on YouTube. The famous athletes were playing in the snow and in one scene a famous football player threw a heavy weight and the other guy caught it like nothing. Athletes show that if they wear Nike they will be warm and strong in the snow. In contrast, the commercial is false advertising because nobody can catch a weight with a lot of pounds on it. According to Jennifer, “Indeed, granting amoral entities so-called equal rights with persons, which because of corporations’ great wealth and power become greater rights, is so irrational it ought to be considered a kind of insanity (Van Bergen 1). Companies will not get in trouble for making their athletes perform something elite because the company is wealthy and can get away with it. Bergen believes that it is not right to mislead consumers into buy products because it is misleading. The companies should not use misleading actions, but they do it because the companies want people to remember what happened in the commercials. Athletes look elite in the advertisement because of the product that the company is trying to sell to attract consumers. The
Sports advertisements are mainly targeted to athletes, but other people that are not in sports also wear it. Numerous people wear Nike and it looks like they are athletic, but they are not. An example of how athletes act like they are strong and tough is the Nike Snow Day commercial on YouTube. The famous athletes were playing in the snow and in one scene a famous football player threw a heavy weight and the other guy caught it like nothing. Athletes show that if they wear Nike they will be warm and strong in the snow. In contrast, the commercial is false advertising because nobody can catch a weight with a lot of pounds on it. According to Jennifer, “Indeed, granting amoral entities so-called equal rights with persons, which because of corporations’ great wealth and power become greater rights, is so irrational it ought to be considered a kind of insanity (Van Bergen 1). Companies will not get in trouble for making their athletes perform something elite because the company is wealthy and can get away with it. Bergen believes that it is not right to mislead consumers into buy products because it is misleading. The companies should not use misleading actions, but they do it because the companies want people to remember what happened in the commercials. Athletes look elite in the advertisement because of the product that the company is trying to sell to attract consumers. The