So weird that Nike snubbed Cheserek

Nike had too many reductions and revisions in their contract. Skechers had guaranteed money that was/independent of his overall performance. Dollars and cents.

I’m trying to picture Cheserek’s face, but keeping coming back to a mental image of Beetlejuice.

Probably not a good sign for marketability.

Heyword wrote:

#cleansport wrote:

It's not always about running fast. There is the personality factor.

When it come down to it, would he (Cheserek) really help a company sell more shoes?

BINGO. IMO, he comes off as not only aloof but also arrogant in brief interviews. But maybe that’s just me, because I also dislike his “wasting the gift” by running just fast enough to win (most of the time), and his nervous looking around during the final 200m.

funny you write that because he just ran 3:54 at over 5,000 ft elevation.....

and he tripled in lot of ncaa meets to help his team so just the 10 points is what mattered. what coach wouldn't want this dude? powell talks about how amazing this guy is too...and how he did workouts he never saw anyone able to do

he'll drop some seriously fast times in the next couple of years. he's a very very good runner, and you don't have to like him to admit that

he is massively talented and is not wasting "the gift" as you say....maybe you think he is, but who the hell are you?

also, he just dropped a 3:54 at altitude...which people are saying is a 3:49 ncaa equivalent

get a life

#cleansport wrote:

It's not always about running fast. There is the personality factor.

When it come down to it, would he (Cheserek) really help a company sell more shoes?

If Nike gave a sh*t about personality they never would have signed Rupp.

Nike probably offered him a contract that would be up for renewal after the next Olympics in 2 years. That gives them the opportunity to offer him less for not making a team or something down the line. I'm sure these smaller companies are willing to offer long term contracts to big names for the publicity (Adidas offering 10 years to Drew Hunter is NUTS!).

It's simple business, Cheserek knew he was worth more than that, and Nike didn't want to oblige.

I'm making all of this up, but this is what I think happened.

Or maybe He said NO to NOP and they made it tough on him after that?

English guy wrote:

Well... Skechers is an anagram for Cheserek so it was kind of obvious that it was going to happen.

CASTER SEMENYA

YES A SECRET MAN

FightFor15 wrote:

Barabbas wrote:

Maybe he should just join WCAP. He could be "American" tomorrow.

You sound salty. Anyone who goes through the immigration process and serves in the military is as American as you or I.

They are exploiting a loophole and aren't really serving in the military, it's not like they are fighting against ISIS in Eastern Africa.

Probably wasn't ignored by Nike, athletes are represented agents and agents always chase the buck. Nike probably low-balled Ches because his performances had been stagnant over the last couple of years and the fact that he won't be able to represent the U.S. until sometime after 2020. At the end of the day, Nike will regret their decision, at Oregon Ches trained like a typical NCAA all-Amercian; Ches only trained at the level of his competition and only had a few opportunities to run for time. I suspect in the years to come, Ches will become one of the top athletes in the world in multiple events.

Ches chest wrote:

One important thing to note that he doesn't want to represent Kenya, only USA. But he can't acquire citizenship until like 2022? Makes sense that Nike doesn't want to sponsor someone who will not be at the WC/Olympics.

Yet they sponsor Pappas.

Pappas went to the Olympics by representing Greece and Nike can market her as olympian, writer, film maker, Greek goddess, etc. So that's not contradictory. Different from Ches who can't even represent a country.

The only thing that makes sense to me in this situation is that Nike didn't offer Ches any decent contract because his blackness and citizenship were not marketable enough. If so, that's truly despicable, but nothing would surprise me at this point. I'm not even a huge Ches fan, but Christ he's the top NCAA distance runner of all time. I'm sure there's something more to the story - maybe Ches will tell us one day unless Nike has some non-disclosure agreement with him.

after reading this thread i am much more ignorant than before i started;

damn you LetsRun: Home of ignorance augmentation

Mike Rozzi wrote:

FightFor15 wrote:

You sound salty. Anyone who goes through the immigration process and serves in the military is as American as you or I.

They are exploiting a loophole and aren't really serving in the military, it's not like they are fighting against ISIS in Eastern Africa.

Neither is most of our military to ignorant retard

Very little marketing value. He is just another African and in that group, he is no clear standout. Ches probably wanted Rupp money when Nike only offered Chelanga amount.

But Rupp was all about White/American hope. Ches is from a team B of Kenya.

Get a life????? What's your point?

Just because he is "Massively talented" doesn't mean Nike or other companies want to pay big $$$$ for him. He doesn't seem as relatable as someone like Centro, Willis or even Boris (Who is with NB).

I'll say it again to make myself clear. "It's not always always about running fast".

With Skechers Cheserek lives near LAX which has Non-Stop airline flights back home to Kenya

contradiction alert wrote:

Ches chest wrote:

One important thing to note that he doesn't want to represent Kenya, only USA. But he can't acquire citizenship until like 2022? Makes sense that Nike doesn't want to sponsor someone who will not be at the WC/Olympics.

Yet they sponsor Pappas.

Nike sponsors

You dumb wrote:

Pappas went to the Olympics by representing Greece and Nike can market her as olympian, writer, film maker, Greek goddess, etc. So that's not contradictory. Different from Ches who can't even represent a country.

Nike sponsors runners on the basis of their (meagre) film-making careers?

If you say so.

Market her as a Greek goddess?

Mm-kay.

I can list at least as many interesting attributes about Cheserek.