Looby wrote:
malmo wrote:Doubtful. You don't become Satan's replacement by doing good things.
I was both Mark's friend and a training partner when I was in grad school at Penn State. Every time I see some of things that Nike does, I just shake my head and can't believe it, because that wasn't the Mark Parker I knew. But actions do speak louder than words and I guess that the roar of money is deafening.
I assume, Malmo, that you also knew him as well, at least peripherally, since he was there before you graduated in '78. Yes/no?
I went to school with Parker for four years. We both graduated in 1977. He was the cross country team's volunteer manager. I don't know Parker, nor do any of my teammates know him. He was unremarkable in every way. He was a quiet man. In four years I don't think he spoke four words.
To mash two threads together, on easy days, Parker (a 29:30 5 mile best) was the guy who would jump to the lead of the pack as we ran through campus -- with the rest of us grinning and rolling our eyes over his predictable move.
I have no idea why he would keep people like Salazar and Capriotti. I would have fired both after their misconduct over the last year. Nike Running needs to be re-booted from top-down.
At least he removed the stench of Joe Paterno's name off of the Nike Child Care Center. It took a lot of guts to do this. Uber-sports-groupie Phil Knight would have never done this.