Coming out in August. I urge all runners to boycott Nike, at least until they start paying RUNNERS in sponsorship deals. The running shoe market is supporting the likes of Lebron James and Vick. I just don't understand why runners continue to support Nike.
Look around at the various European meets and you will see that Nike sponsors a ton of athletes. I support Nike because I believe they have the best training shoes, racing flats, spikes, and apparel available.
They may sponsor athletes at those meets, but the total payout would not meet Lebron James' deal. You need to shop around a bit more if you think Nike's gear is the best available.
I love the Nike Free. No other company has the nuts to make this shoe.
I heard it's steel-toed so buyers can kick the shit out of their dogs.
Wake Up wrote:
Coming out in August. I urge all runners to boycott Nike, at least until they start paying RUNNERS in sponsorship deals. The running shoe market is supporting the likes of Lebron James and Vick. I just don't understand why runners continue to support Nike.
and if you say "boy are my dogs tired" when wearing them, they constrict on your feet and kill you.
So because they have a Michael Vick shoe coming out you should boycott because they don't sponsor runners enough? You lost me somewheres.
Why do I still support Nike? because I like their racing shoes and other various items.
Why does Alan Webb get 250,000 a year while a NFL player gets millions? Hmmmm, ever been to a track meet? There arent nearly as many fans as a pro football game in America and football, basketball and baseball have all made themselves more marketable to the average schmoe. I find ESPN's coverage of meets horrible to be honest and anyone who doesn't have a good set of knowldge about the sport would probably become bored watching and listening to larry rawson and carol lewis after about 5 minutes.
Nike could start sponsoring a fencer tomorrow with a 90 million dollar endorsement deal but I hardly think that would make fencing anymore popular with the general public.
Wake Up wrote:
Coming out in August. I urge all runners to boycott Nike, at least until they start paying RUNNERS in sponsorship deals. The running shoe market is supporting the likes of Lebron James and Vick. I just don't understand why runners continue to support Nike.
I was told by an owner of a local running store that Nike makes more on the sale of a SINGLE MODEL OF A LEBRON JAMES JERSEY than their ENTIRE running line.
Keep that in mid while you conduct your little "boycott"
[quote]Wake Up wrote:
The running shoe market is supporting the likes of Lebron James and Vick.
-What's LeBron ever done that's reprehensible?
Wake Up wrote:
The running shoe market is supporting the likes of Lebron James and Vick.
Lebron James has been a pretty good role model in my opinion. And I hate the NBA. Pretty proud of the Ohio by keeping a good rep!
This guy is an obvious idiot. Nike makes money off of popular sports and if it wasn't for Phil Knight (a running fan) Nike wouldn't even give a shit about the sport of running.
Why are runners so against Nike? They do more for the sport than a couple of the other companies combined. Go ahead boycott Nike, might as well kill the sport if it's fans mostly consist of idiots.
Maybe Nike can market the new Vick shoe as a chew toy for dogs . . .
more like mike vick and lebron james are supporting running, no track star can bring in the kind of money that lebron james can stir up.
Vick was picked out of a police lineup yesterday......by a Pointer.....ba-boom. rim shot.
are you kidding? wrote:
I was told by an owner of a local running store that Nike makes more on the sale of a SINGLE MODEL OF A LEBRON JAMES JERSEY than their ENTIRE running line.
Keep that in mid while you conduct your little "boycott"
The owner of a local running store told you? What are you, 5? Do you believe everything you hear? If so, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you...
Nike's footwear sales are roughly 3X their apparel sales (in the US and worldwide) last I looked, so unless their running line is less than 5% of their total shoe sales (it isn't), and that model of Lebron James jersey constituted roughly 15% of their annual apparel (it definitely did not), then you're completely full of shit.
Keep that in mind while you regurgitate unfounded information from some guy you probably hardly know.
I was expecting a joke about the name of the new Vick shoe.
I'm so disappointed.
Same thing with other companies, I suppose Adidas pays Reggie Bush a lot more than they pay a Tiffany McWilliams too. Reebok pays Peyton Manning a ton more than they do the Torres brothers. Lame reasoning on your part to single out Nike only. They support more runners than any other company and I like their products (I have shopped around, nobody offers the selection that they do).
Someone should make a Mike Vick dog chewtoy, complete with his likeness on it. That would be a hot item for all the dog lovers and PETA people and tons others I'm sure.
I dont think Nike is a good running shoe company. Too bad since it was started with a running shoe.