Nike can suck it
Very eloquent..... And we wonder why Wrestling Fans are considered Neanderthals ... At 29 years of age, and 10.711 posts per day, one would think ...... OH ... Never mind. 
It's exactly, this kind of blind, misdirected hatred, that has hamstrung College Wrestling since Title 9 arrived on the scene. The University of Washington, and prior to that Washington State, buried their heads in the sand and did absolutely nothing to preserve the wrestling programs. Totally off guard, with no preservation or funding plans, what so ever.
It's ironic, that OSU, the ugly step child of OU .... Is still alive and well, and building a solid endowment base of funds. They are not out of the woods as of yet, however they are getting closer and closer.
It wasn't until the programs were flushed down the toilet, did we ever see any efforts to fund the programs at UW and WSU. Granted we never thought the proportion prong would be the fall back position ... in the early days. OU had plenty of lead time to prepare... YET did not.
The last figures we got from WSU was 13M, to fund both womens and mens wrestling, as they also need new facilities as well. And over at the UW, you can find absolutely no history nor indication, that Larry Owing ever wrestled there.
It's as if, wrestling never existed.
What is frustrating is ... We have so many Kazillionaires, Billionaires and Multi Millionaires in the NW, and not a single one of them is a former wrestler, nor avid wrestling fans.
A sugar daddy or two would sure be welcome.
If you dont know that Phil Knight was a huge if not THE catalyst in the demise of the Duck wrestling program then you arent much of a fan of college wrestling at least not a knowledgeable one.
Phil has been a catalyst in and around the Football situation for sure. Hell, he owns that aspect of the University of Oregon. During Football games, they have a headset for him in his suite, to listen in to the coaches as they call plays down on the field !!! There will come a day, if not already .... Oregon is going to wish they hadn't taken his handouts. He has developed an inordinate influence over the Athletic Administration, at all levels.
However, he wasn't the catalyst in the dropping of Wrestling, IMO and others. It was the knuckle-head AD, they had in place, and the AD prior. Again ... I can't really logically hate him for what he DIDN'T do. He was not required, nor invested, to save UO from themselves. As long as Football was safe, he was "good to go".
Hell ... his wife was a larger, and more effective influencer in some ways, when you look close at the Womens Cheer, and Baseball situation.
The overall point of the article I posted, and my belief as well is: This hatred on message boards, our feeble attempt at boycotts, and all the teeth gnashing, and hand ringing on Wrestling Forums will do absolutely nothing, with regards to getting Wrestling back at UO.
ViceGrip ... You and I are about the same age. I rolled around as a 118#'r for WSU for a couple seasons, back when our nemesis, THE UW was a top 10 or better program. Both now gone....
Still involved with HS and Youth, and do "voice work" and announcing for Comcast on Demand. Specifically for High School wrestling, mostly at the Washington State Tournament, and regional tournaments, as well as a few in-season marquee events. Just an FYI.
Good luck with the boycott.
