WOOOOOO FREEE!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOO FREEE!!!!!!!!!!
Too late for Nike. They cannot hide that they will try to sucker athletes into signing short term contracts without reduction clauses, and then try to force them to sign long term contracts after that include onerous reductions.
Athletes beware. Nike contracts are not what Nike pretends they are.
This was the right move
They still took a hit publicity wise but it would have been worse if they carried through, especially if it was in their favor, the public would have been in uproar
Kudos to Nike for being the bigger man and letting it go.
Still really embarrassing for both sides.
Bring Back the 880 wrote:
Kudos to Nike for being the bigger man and letting it go.
Still really embarrassing for both sides.
Wrong. No kudos to Nike of any kind. They knew they would lose which is why the judge let them think about it for a week. Nike would have been full forward if they thought they could crush Berian. Fact!
Don't give Nike any kudos
Here is our article on the development with a quote from Hawi:
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/06/david-1-goliath-0-nike-dropped-lawsuit-againt-boris-berian/
I certainly didn't see this coming. I wonder if Nike realized they were going to lose and decided to save face or just wanted to avoid more bad PR.
rojo wrote:
Here is our article on the development with a quote from Hawi:
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/06/david-1-goliath-0-nike-dropped-lawsuit-againt-boris-berian/I certainly didn't see this coming. I wonder if Nike realized they were going to lose and decided to save face or just wanted to avoid more bad PR.
I would bet that they made the point they wanted to make and feel like they can let it go now.
I do not think Hoka 11 is going to offer him a contract>
The only point Nike made is to let every athlete know they Nike will include significant reduction clauses in their contracts.
HRE wrote:
I would bet that they made the point they wanted to make and feel like they can let it go now.
I think they realized
a) likely would lose and that would be REAL bad. The questioning of the judge yesterday made it seem like he was skeptical that they matched.
b) even if they win, they come across as jerks for making a former McDonald's worker. wear their stuff.
So basically they lose either way. The more I think about the more I realize b) might be the worse for them as the story would go on and on for 3 years.
Perhaps they need to focus on damage control from the Aden bust.
Nor did Nike want any of its people to be deposed. That might have gotten a little too interesting.
rojo wrote:
I wonder if they realized they were going to lose and decided to save face or just wanted to avoid more bad PR.
I wonder that too. Do any lawyers know if they lost if Boris could have been awarded damages?
all hands on deck wrote:
Perhaps they need to focus on damage control from the Aden bust.
I think it was negatively affecting their current recruiting college graduates. Adidas, New Balance, Asics, Brook, and Hoka were stealing some of their prize recruits because of the negative image Nike has with athlete treatment.
So the scum surrendered-- pure "class."
And since I wouldn't even wipe my "toochis" with their garbage clothes, forget their shoes (and eff Michael Jordan too), gloating an congratz to Boris will have to suffice.
rojo wrote:
Here is our article on the development with a quote from Hawi:
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/06/david-1-goliath-0-nike-dropped-lawsuit-againt-boris-berian/I certainly didn't see this coming. I wonder if Nike realized they were going to lose and decided to save face or just wanted to avoid more bad PR.
Probably a little bit of both, but more the latter
NOP Skeptic wrote:
rojo wrote:Here is our article on the development with a quote from Hawi:
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/06/david-1-goliath-0-nike-dropped-lawsuit-againt-boris-berian/I certainly didn't see this coming. I wonder if Nike realized they were going to lose and decided to save face or just wanted to avoid more bad PR.
Probably a little bit of both, but more the latter
More the former. They got the bad PR already and it would have been worse after they lost.
all hands on deck wrote:
Perhaps they need to focus on damage control from the Aden bust.
And the Russian one as well.