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 you could alt least build a complete sentence.
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.
I'm sorry, I didn't realize I should my college education to work and write out a long response as to why I don't buy Nike and therefore don't support them.
I do not purchase products made or marketed by NIKE Corporation for a number of reasons. They produce an inferior product compared to nearly every other sports manufacturing company. Adidas, Asics, New Balance, Puma, KSwiss, Reebok, Spalding, etc all produce equipment that is of overall better quality at or below the prices offered by Nike. When you buy from Nike, you're paying for the "Swoosh". I have never owned a Nike shirt (tshirt, polo, sweatshirt, etc) that did not develop wear holes within the first year of ownership. The shoes that I have owned (crosstrainer, runners, wrestling shoes) have all structurely failed as well. The last pair was a pair of "I am Strong" Lance Armstrong inspired crosstrainers, the undersole separated from the boot within 6 months. That is unacceptable by Any standards.
Do I feel that Nike contributed to the loss of wrestling at the University of Oregon? Absolutely. To say that they had nothing to do with it is ridiculous and intellectually dishonest. The University bowed to pressure from people closely related to the Company.
I do not think it was their duty to "save" the sport of wrestling at the University, but they absolutely owe it to a community that had been purchasing and supporting their wrestling apparel to not help sound the death knoll.
Nike Can Suck it.
is that better Wire? f'ing d'bag
