Excellent, but wrong in this case.
Exhibit A: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2118709/London-2012-Team-GB-models-Olympics-kit-designed-Stella-McCartney-Adidas.html
Sure. But you said Nike are "merely the manufacturer".
They're not. They're the manufacturers, the designers and, perhaps more pertinently, the marketeers who published these words, which has caused all the nonsense. (And it is nonsense)
“On the back of the collar, you'll find a playful...
I don't think (?) anyone has a problem with using the St George flag as a design element? Have been loads of examples down the years.
The problem is that's it's the only 'flag' on the shirt and... and.... some don't like the.... the... colour choices.
Not my fight. I don't care.