Why doesn't NIKE sell the clothes they market??

FightFor15 wrote:

In every other sport you can get shoes/jerseys of the players you like. I was watching the Oregon Twilight last week and thought Jock's singlet looked cool. On the OTC site you can't get it.

I remember Brooks put out singlets with their runners' names going down the backs a couple years ago. I'm not sure if they sold those but they should have. Nike Oregon Project should do that with Rupp. T&F is not marketed the way it should be. You can't be a fan of top runners when you can't get their gear or wear their name.

Why on earth would you want a singlet with another man's name on it?

Running isn't like the other sports. And that's a good thing.

watching Shanghai Diamond League I definitely would love access to some of the tops they are all wearing

I really love the pattern this year and there are so many nice variations, racerback, tank, crop, sleeved, etc. men's styles, women's styles

it's well thought out and the fit seem excellecnt

even if you can't get the pattern they use, can you get the same style, I mean fit & finish?

why not market it as the "diamond line" after the season is over if they aren't willing to do it during the season

they must have made at least 1000 pieces of clothing for the season with all the various T&F athletes wearing it, that had to take some serious planning and investment of time and money

and like I pointed out earlier Dibaba was wearing it during London marathon so it must be the pattern for the entire season, not just DL

do elites just get a special catalog they can order from?

I think I can wrote:

FightFor15 wrote:

You can't be a fan of top runners when you can't get their gear or wear their name.

Really? You can't appreciate a person's work without owning souvenirs?

I think most of us are capable of being fans without possessing vapid expressions of our fandom.

I'm just saying T&F doesn't have nearly the same following of other sports who market this way. In basketball you can buy Lebron's shoes. Why can't you get the a pair of spikes with Rupp's name in the title? You have kids who follow basketball players at young ages because they wear their shoes/gear. I might not need this to be a fan but if you want to build the sport why not try this?

these seasonal colors aren't considered TeamUSA are they? I mean international athletes are wearing them, so it's not tied to any specific team or country, and I've now seen plenty of sub-elites wearing this exact kit so it's not exclusive to the very top elites

there's no way Nike is providing this gear rep-by-rep to each athlete, there must be some kind of exclusive catalog they mail out or give to select athletes to order from - there are WAY too many variations in sleeve length and style, for both distance and track, even special stuff for field athletes, there has to be some kind of chart to pick and choose from

even if we cannot order from it, I would LOVE to see a scan of the current catalog they are using to drool over

watching the Bangkok Midnight Marathon last night, there were at least half a dozen sub-elites wearing these seasonal colors, some locals from Thailand - so there has been a lot of time and planning in getting this gear out

now if some industrial folks in HK/China pick up on this, maybe we'll get some knockoffs at the end of the summer on ebay, alibaba, etc.

Just stop already wrote:

Rudisha800 wrote:

Simply because they're exclusive and only mean't for the pros. Imagine someone who bought a pro kit and can't even crack 16 in the 5k. Nike has standards and those standards are having pros where different gear than us athletes. I totally dig the new kit it's better than the black one (less sun attraction)

1) no different than 50yo cyclists wearing the same gear the pros do

2)*wear

3) don't fail to notice mean't

It's like the Yankees not selling their cap.

I guess I will never understand this mentality, wanting a singlet because an elite wears it. Wanting to wear another man's athletic gear - I do not get it. At all.