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Nike, adidas and Marcus Jordan

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by trifectarich, Oct 22, 2009.

  1. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    This is exactly why you don't make special promises to a recruit. Let's face it, UCF knew it would get a publicity bump by signing MJ's son, and made him a special exception to established school policy that is now coming back to bite them in the ass.

    Promise a kid a fair chance to compete for playing time, promise him/her she'll be treated fairly, and promise them the chance to get an education, if he/she chooses to take advantage of it.
     
  2. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Let's all shed some tears for pure innocent victimized adidas. :'( :'(

    Nobody would have known or cared that UCF wore adidas until adidas announced they were getting dumped.

    UCF will probably be in brand new Nikes by Thanksgiving. And the nation can go back to ignoring them as usual.
     
  3. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    I don't remember who the player was but back in late 80s, early 90s Kentucky signed a basketball player whose father worked for Nike as a sales rep but UK was a Converse school. Somehow the world didn't end when UK let that kid wear Nikes.
     
  4. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    So then let each player decide what kind of shoes they want to wear, then. Why shouldn't a player decide what kind of shoes he wants to wear? It's his feet, not the school's.

    If a shoe company wants to donate free equipment in exchange for their logo showing, fine. A school would have a legitimate argument then. But this is about money. Schools shouldn't be using shoe contracts as a money-making thing. It's supposed to be about the amateur student-athletes, or at least, that's what the NCAA keeps telling us.
     
  5. Chef

    Chef Active Member

    And we both know how honest and trustworthy the NCAA is.

    The NCAA is the biggest pimp in the world, and the student athletes are nothing more to them than their little tricks.
     
  6. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    The NCAA is absolutely a piece of shit fraud to the highest degree, and then times infinite after that. But if you're going to let yourself be pimped, you get pimped by the same rules as everyone else. Uniform doesn't mean individuality.
     
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