Don’t burn your Nikes. Give them to charity.

Think of the message that would be sent by Nikes showing up by the crateful at local Salvation Army or Goodwill outlets. Such imagery would prove irresistible to news outlets trying to find a local angle to this national story. Surely, folks who oppose the politicization of sports — social-media influencers such as Outkick the Coverage’s Clay Travis, who has a book on the subject titled “Republicans Buy Sneakers, Too” coming out in just a few weeks — could serve as organizers in these efforts, offering up names and addresses for collection points to maximize the redistribution of Air Jordans.

I’d do it myself but, to be quite honest, I have no interest in giving up my Aaron Rodgers jersey or my comfy black sweatpants (my game-day uniform). Or setting them ablaze only to buy them again in 12 months after everyone has forgotten about this latest skirmish in our never-ending culture war.