How can Tebow be a Nike spokesman and get away with it?

[westcoastvol]

So I've seen the cool new Nike spots during the NCAA tourney, and I went to sparqtraining.com, the wwwsite they're pimping (if you don't feel like going to the site itself, it's more about training and training equipment rather than the shoes).

Lo and behold, there's something about Tebow and how "he's changed quarterbacking." I'm not arguing that point, and I know that UF is a Nike school, but isn't it kinda odd an active college player is identified by name on a wwwsite that's promoting a brand and its products?

 

[slappy4428]

So I've seen the cool new Nike spots during the NCAA tourney, and I went to sparqtraining.com, the wwwsite they're pimping (if you don't feel like going to the site itself, it's more about training and training equipment rather than the shoes).

Lo and behold, there's something about Tebow and how "he's changed quarterbacking." I'm not arguing that point, and I know that UF is a Nike school, but isn't it kinda odd an active college player is identified by name on a wwwsite that's promoting a brand and its products?

Ummm, that should be illegal, yes.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

So I've seen the cool new Nike spots during the NCAA tourney, and I went to sparqtraining.com, the wwwsite they're pimping (if you don't feel like going to the site itself, it's more about training and training equipment rather than the shoes).

Lo and behold, there's something about Tebow and how "he's changed quarterbacking." I'm not arguing that point, and I know that UF is a Nike school, but isn't it kinda odd an active college player is identified by name on a wwwsite that's promoting a brand and its products?

Ummm, that should be illegal, yes.

I'm trying to think of another instance where a college athlete did a promotional spot for something other than the NCAA and I can't come up with one, but isn't the legal/illegal lynchpin the issue of compensation?

 

[slappy4428]

Maybe they're all busy at the tourney thingy and haven't noticed

 

[dooley_womack1]

Maybe the NCAA can't stop focusing on that thread that has the pic of Tebow and Ms. Zeppelins 2007 posted hundreds of times.

 

[slappy4428]

I;ve never seen that before, What's it about?

 

[dooley_womack1]

I;ve never seen that before, What's it about?

About 42DDD

 

[slappy4428]

No kidding.
This is a female of some sort?
Can you post a pic here and show us?

 

[sportschick]

No kidding.
This is a female of some sort?
Can you post a pic here and show us?

I believe that picture has been banned!

 

[dooley_womack1]

Yeah, I wouldn't recommend it.

 

[slappy4428]

You mean that picture has been on our site?
How ever did I miss it?

 

[dooley_womack1]

Because you're a foof?

 

[slappy4428]

A foof?
I am not Biggins.

 

[dooley_womack1]

But those were.

 

[Chi City 81]

That was an excellent give-and-go.

 

[slappy4428]

I just sets em up and he just knocks em down...

 

[novelist_wannabe]

That's a reasonable facsimile. And, it won't last ...

 

[Bubbler]

Maybe they're all busy at the tourney thingy and haven't noticed

Florida Atlantic is totally ****ed when the NCAA catches wind of this.

 

[friend of a friend]

That was an excellent give-and-go.

yes, indeed.

 

[ServeItUp]

Back to the topic at hand, the NCAA told Jeremy Bloom he couldn't take endorsement money for skiing while he was in school playing football at Colorado. That said, I, too, want to know how Tebow and Florida can get away with this.