Who is that next to Kara? YUK!
Who is that next to Kara? YUK!
Notice the feet.
Lauren, Kara, and Maggie are all great women and inspiring athletes. They are striking out in a new direction with their fashion on the track. I think they are to be applauded as strong women taking care of business and themselves!
I'm all for female empowerment, but the clothes are really expensive for the low tech quality. Also, what kind of contracts do these women get? Are they able to recieve the physical care and attention they need or are they just getting gear and a few coins. Also-the hatred they spew about Nike is a little gross considering 2 of the most popular women they have made enough money from Nike to have a really good lifestyle. More money than any woman Oiselle has signed. I do hope I am wrong though-cuz I really dig Kara.
god Kara Goucher has this permanent angry-fighitng-oppression look that irks me
Don't bite the hand that feeds you. They are simply saying whatever they can to make a buck and for no other reason. Several posters have pointed it out and I'm just concurring. She's out for every benjamin she can get. If Oiselle dumped her and skeechers paid more, she'd be all about skeechers. $$$$$$$$$$$$$
robBase wrote:
I'm all for female empowerment, but the clothes are really expensive for the low tech quality. Also, what kind of contracts do these women get? Are they able to recieve the physical care and attention they need or are they just getting gear and a few coins. Also-the hatred they spew about Nike is a little gross considering 2 of the most popular women they have made enough money from Nike to have a really good lifestyle. More money than any woman Oiselle has signed. I do hope I am wrong though-cuz I really dig Kara.
Waiting for the photoshopped photos by Lesko
Is the stage downhill or something? Why is everyone leaning back?
real old guy wrote:
Lauren, Kara, and Maggie are all great women and inspiring athletes. They are striking out in a new direction with their fashion on the track. I think they are to be applauded as strong women taking care of business and themselves!
Are you kidding? As soon as Lauren and Kara realized they would have to share some of their Nike limelight with younger, faster Nike runners, they chose to leave the company that had supported them, made them popular, and gave them a chance for a company where they knew they would be the favorites, a company that makes "Lauren is my homeboy" t-shirts and calls themselves #fangirls. They are both attention-seekers. Since then neither of them have been kind with their words about that company that supported them either.
Did you notice when Kara came aboard that some girls from the Oiselle elite team were cut or demoted to the normal (whatever odd name it's called) team to save $$? Then they started charging women $100 to join #theflock. Whatever it takes to keep Lauren and Kara happy.
Inspirwhat? wrote:
real old guy wrote:Lauren, Kara, and Maggie are all great women and inspiring athletes. They are striking out in a new direction with their fashion on the track. I think they are to be applauded as strong women taking care of business and themselves!
Are you kidding? As soon as Lauren and Kara realized they would have to share some of their Nike limelight with younger, faster Nike runners, they chose to leave the company that had supported them, made them popular, and gave them a chance for a company where they knew they would be the favorites, a company that makes "Lauren is my homeboy" t-shirts and calls themselves #fangirls. They are both attention-seekers. Since then neither of them have been kind with their words about that company that supported them either.
So:
When aging runners leave a corporate sponsor, they are being disloyal to a "company that had supported them, made them popular".
However, when a corporation forces aging runners "have to share some of their Nike limelight with younger, faster Nike runners," that is not disloyal.
Gotcha.
Same thing with advertising.
When runners promote themselves, they are "attention-seekers."
When a corporation spends ~2.4 Billion dollars a year promoting itself, that happens without comment.
Good luck to Lauren and Kara. I personally hope that Oiselle takes 10-20% of Nike's share of the running market. More competition is great for consumers. It is one of those capitalism things.
Having to share some of the limelight with younger, faster Nike runners is NOT being disloyal, it's business. Are you a moron? That's moronic logic at it's best. So Nike should not bring in anyone younger and market them until the aging runners have completely left...is that your point? Is your IQ over 20?
4runner wrote:
Inspirwhat? wrote:Are you kidding? As soon as Lauren and Kara realized they would have to share some of their Nike limelight with younger, faster Nike runners, they chose to leave the company that had supported them, made them popular, and gave them a chance for a company where they knew they would be the favorites, a company that makes "Lauren is my homeboy" t-shirts and calls themselves #fangirls. They are both attention-seekers. Since then neither of them have been kind with their words about that company that supported them either.
So:
When aging runners leave a corporate sponsor, they are being disloyal to a "company that had supported them, made them popular".
However, when a corporation forces aging runners "have to share some of their Nike limelight with younger, faster Nike runners," that is not disloyal.
Gotcha.
Same thing with advertising.
When runners promote themselves, they are "attention-seekers."
When a corporation spends ~2.4 Billion dollars a year promoting itself, that happens without comment.
Good luck to Lauren and Kara. I personally hope that Oiselle takes 10-20% of Nike's share of the running market. More competition is great for consumers. It is one of those capitalism things.
Inspirwhat? wrote:
Are you kidding? As soon as Lauren and Kara realized they would have to share some of their Nike limelight with younger, faster Nike runners, they chose to leave the company.
Please stop. You have no idea what went down or how things work.