Nike Gets Ripped For Adding Woke Update To Cross On England's National Soccer Jersey

Nike tried to pull a fast one and make a subtle change to the England national soccer jerseys for 2024, but folks were quick to realize the new woke alteration.

St. George's cross, which is traditionally red with a white background, typically appears in its traditional form on the back collar of the England kit. For 2024, Nike elected to change the color of the cross with red, black, purple, pink and blue.

Nike claimed the change was "a playful update" to "unite and inspire," but many accused that the brand is introducing nothing more than a woke nod to the LGBTQ+ movement. Those assumptions are fair given that Nike elected to completely get rid of St. George's cross on the collar of the kit and replace it with a multicolor…whatever that is.

Fans of the English national team aren't the only ones upset about the update to the kit, British politicians aren't on board with the new look either.

"The left have a nerve to ask me why I want my country back," Reform UK MP Lee Anderson told the Daily Express.

"This virtue signaling (sic), namby-pamby, pearl-clutching woke nonsense must stop. Any more of this and I’ll be on the first flight to Rwanda."

Brendan Clarke-Smith, a conservative MP, echoed Anderson's frustrations.

"I’m not sure what this is supposed to be, but it certainly looks nothing like our flag and I’m not sure it needs an ‘update’ either. That said, I doubt they’ll shift many at those sort of prices," Clarke-Smith explained.

Fans blasted Nike for the change on social media as well.

The most-shocking piece to all of this is that Nike didn't try and erase the United States' flag on the American national jersey before ripping apart England's.