RacingtheCanteloupe wrote:
At this point, every track athlete on earth knows what Nike is about. If they want to take the extra cash and support the supporter of the Russians, AlSal, Lance, Gatlin, etc ad nauseam, that's fine... But I'll root for the folks wearing other brands.
What kind of petty bitch cheers against a talent like Brazier specifically because of the logo on his jersey?
This one, baby.
Life offers choices.
He made a choice.
Here's my choice: I'll root for athletes not sponsored by NIKE: Just Dope It
RacingtheAntelope wrote:
This one, baby.
Life offers choices.
He made a choice.
Here's my choice: I'll root for athletes not sponsored by NIKE: Just Dope It
I don't think you can honestly tell us that you would turn down a fortune to endorse their products.
Do you really think Nike athletes are the only ones to use PEDs?!
And the owner of New Balance gave hundreds of thousands to Republican politics, so I hope any left-wing Nike-haters also abhor New Balance too. And still, both give tremendous amounts to charitable causes.
You're free to pick and choose which corporate activities you want to place supreme importance on, and which you'll choose to ignore just to fit the moral stand-du-jour out of convenience.
But just recognize that "rooting" for one corporate behemoth vs. another on moral grounds is about as silly as caffeinated gum. They all have demons and yet none is 100% evil either.
I saw where a 53 year old guy won $750,000 for one week of golf. How does that compare with what Brazier will make in a year?
Happy for the kid and will be excited to watch him race, but agree that for whatever illogical reason I won't be able to get quite as excited with him wearing the Nike logo.
I don't trust Nike's intent, which is unfortunate because it's a massive company that undoubtedly has tons of wonderful people working for it. It just doesn't feel right, though. It's like rooting for guys who have served their doping suspensions and come back and win; it's just not the same.
RacingtheCanteloupe wrote:
At this point, every track athlete on earth knows what Nike is about. If they want to take the extra cash and support the supporter of the Russians, AlSal, Lance, Gatlin, etc ad nauseam, that's fine... But I'll root for the folks wearing other brands.
This.
RacingtheAntelope wrote:
Hate to say it, but my initial reaction was that I'll root against him from here on out.
They've been protecting too many dopers athletes and coaches for too f%$#ing long.
That. They have disgraced the great beginnings of Nike.
doot doot wrote:
What kind of petty bitch cheers against a talent like Brazier specifically because of the logo on his jersey?
What kind of petty bitch cheers for a company promoting doping specifically because of the athletes they promote to dope?
XC Gonna Give It To Ya wrote:
And the owner of New Balance gave hundreds of thousands to Republican politics, so I hope any left-wing Nike-haters also abhor New Balance too. And still, both give tremendous amounts to charitable causes.
But just recognize that "rooting" for one corporate behemoth vs. another on moral grounds is about as silly as caffeinated gum.
You are a moron.
Both Nike and New Balance are large corporations. The Republican party is the #1 political friend of large corporations. Of course New Balance contributes to the Republican party. We expect it. That's like being mad at a pig for going to the trough.
Not every other pig eats its young, though.
Also, caffeine is performance enhancing, you idiot.
Sell yourself short wrote:
Tough break for Brazier.
Very much so.
Hopefully he doesn't get injured or have a bad year, or he'll end up with 115% of his salary deducted as Berian's "match" contract from Nike allowed.
Solomon's interview the other day suggested that Brazier should get through one full year of NCAA uninjured before turning pro. Smart.
I pay u 15% of my base salary? wrote:
doot doot wrote:What kind of petty bitch cheers against a talent like Brazier specifically because of the logo on his jersey?
What kind of petty bitch cheers for a company promoting doping specifically because of the athletes they promote to dope?
You mean the company that throws around the vast majority of money going toward the little fringe activity we call running?
Bow down. The sport dies (more than it already has) without the Swoosh.
Solomon's interview the other day suggested that Brazier should get through one full year of NCAA uninjured before turning pro. Smart.
That would have been an especially poor choice, had he made it. What could he possibly do to raise his stock any more with continued racing at university level? If he won every race going away he would still need to run faster then than he has now in order to still have as much anticipation about him as there is currently. He's now a medal contender and it would be a phenomenal waste of an opportunity to be in that position as an amateur and not proft from it.