Comments on: Nike dropped Fujita for taping over his Swoosh

By: packerfanfornot4life

packerfanfornot4life — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:41:08 +0000

Two words: UNDER ARMOUR.
Screw Nike. UA is much better product anyway. (although their 1st generation of shoes was admittedly not…)
i may be wrong but i think UA is owned by nike

By: db3300

db3300 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:28:57 +0000

Seriously? Fujita has a deal with Nike?

By: .VoxVeritas

.VoxVeritas — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:24:21 +0000

“That is how you become a millionaire my friend…”
Indeed, but the NFL probably has an agreement with Ace or Kinesio or whatever.

By: .VoxVeritas

.VoxVeritas — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:20:57 +0000

“So a player has to put tape over his shoes for better ankle support and Nike is upset because of it. Maybe if their shoes offered better support a player would not have to do it.”
Shoulda gone with high tops if he wanted ankle support. It’s not about support, it’s about keeping them tight on your feet. I mean that’s spelled out in a the article, dude!

By: Subpar

Subpar — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:08:23 +0000

Am I missing something here? The guy is taping it up for better and tighter support right? If any of you say that if Nike came to you and said “we will pay you to wear our shoes” that you would turn them down, you are full of it. The bigger issue here is that a guy lost that endorsement for trying to stay healthy out on the field.

By: GoBrowns19

GoBrowns19 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:06:02 +0000

FireJerryJones says:
February 8, 2010 7:42 PM
Why doesn’t Nike make tape with their logo?
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That is how you become a millionaire my friend…

By: Howie Feltersnatch

Howie Feltersnatch — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:56:32 +0000

God’s Own Silver and Blue says:
February 8, 2010 8:09 PM
Next week: The NFL Return of Billy “Nike Shoes” Johnson.
Those were Pro Keds or PF Flyers. Did Nike buy those companies or Adidas?
patpatriotagain says:
February 9, 2010 6:02 AM
you would think nike would make logo’d ankle tape.
They actually make rubberized spatting. My daughters’ soccer team uses them. I guess they didn’t have any Black & Gold coloring left over.
Maybe I should not submit this and give Phil Knight another idea.
Wait…Phil can call it the Feltersnatch Spat…
I WANT MY 2% PHIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Duck Fallas

Duck Fallas — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:34:01 +0000

Does it really need to be spelled out?
Tiger Woods = greatest golfer ever
Scott Fujita = journeyman LB, no Pro Bowls or other recognitions
What makes you all think that Nike is the only company running sweatshops? Anyone know where Adidas, Reebok and Under Armour factories are located?

By: kovvboyzfan

kovvboyzfan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:40:40 +0000

@HereThere says:
February 8, 2010 7:25 PM
“Nike, apparently, doesn’t like that their precious Swoosh gets covered up.”
No, they don’t. And they don’t like paying players to cover their logo up, princess. Grow up. Too bad you aren’t as concerned about Nike’s overseas employment practices as you are lining your pockets. Jerk.”
Calm down slim…those kids get a 10 minute coffee break every three days. Besides, it would be in their best interest to not take breaks when they are only making 10 cents a day. I hear they have to clock out when they go on break.

By: MSWRavens

MSWRavens — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:02:58 +0000

Two words: UNDER ARMOUR.
Screw Nike. UA is much better product anyway. (although their 1st generation of shoes was admittedly not…)

By: mike_311

mike_311 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:10:20 +0000

I never understood the bitching about sweatshops.
14 cents might be a lot of money in that country. not like here where we get thousands of dollars to bitch on a message board all day.

By: patpatriotagain

patpatriotagain — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:02:29 +0000

you would think nike would make logo’d ankle tape.

By: aikman8

aikman8 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:57:07 +0000

have watched thousands of games since the mid-70s and not once have i ever noticed, or cared, what shoes a player is wearing. who cares?

By: ThheVet700

ThheVet700 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:53:53 +0000

So a player has to put tape over his shoes for better ankle support and Nike is upset because of it. Maybe if their shoes offered better support a player would not have to do it. Or Maybe the Nike empire and all of their $ could do some R&D and make a clear athletic tape.

By: Great Smoky

Great Smoky — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:23:54 +0000

Hmm, by the late 1970′s Walter Payton was using tape with the Kangaroos logo printed on it. 30 years later the geniuses running (and participating in) the Nike sports marketing program can’t figure that out?

By: .VoxVeritas

.VoxVeritas — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:33:43 +0000

Cuttng Fujita and not Tiger is like cutting Baskett and not Rice.

By: mcarey032

mcarey032 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:38:45 +0000

You know it has to be slow when this type of news hits on the day after the Super Bowl is won by team from New Orleans. You would have expected something like rioting in the streets or something like that. Instead we get Scott Fujita is dropped from Nike because he taped over his cleats. Wow I feel ten times dumber for having clicked on this story.

By: WashingtonRedstorms

WashingtonRedstorms — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:33:42 +0000

Well, for Fujita and the children. A boycott of Nike is in order.
No more Nike……

By: DocBG

DocBG — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:13:29 +0000

“You buy Nike, and you’re dropping coins into the pockets of already rich athletes, and paying poor 14-yr-old girls a few cents per hour. Go Nike!”
Are you dumb? I suppose you think cleaning your plate still helps the starving kids in china right?
The kid working in the nike factory has a better living then most of their countrymen, has a clean safe work enviorment, and makes more than most of the kids in that part of the world. Its not something that Americans would neccesarily endorse happening here, but for those folks, its normal. they’d look at your big car, big yard, and boat as a complete waste of money, so whats your problem? Get off your high horse and stop telling people how to live their lives you over-zealous douchbag.

By: mulletious

mulletious — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:03:42 +0000

while its true people don’t consciously notice shoes during games, those shoes and logos are there and are being viewed by millions. it is brilliant marketing since these images stick with people for when they go to actually purchase an item or feel the “need” to purchase something, yet dont know why…

By: WashingtonRedstorms

WashingtonRedstorms — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:02:26 +0000

Nike drops Fujita but not Tiger???
Tape over swoosh = explusion
Married Man turned womanizer= not explusion

By: joelvis72

joelvis72 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:37:00 +0000

packerfanfornot4life is the winner!

By: God's Own Silver and Blue

God's Own Silver and Blue — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:33:31 +0000

“Nike hires cheap labor in Indonesia rather than put Americans to work.”
Actually, Nike apparently makes a lot of their shoes in South Korea as well. I smuggled 50 pairs of factory second Air Jordans in various sizes out of Osan a couple of years back, and made a killing with them when I got them back home. (I’ve always found it weird to the extreme that an item that costs all of $4.00 to make in one place can retail for two bills in yet another. God bless capitalism.)

By: packerfanfornot4life

packerfanfornot4life — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:26:46 +0000

i bet everyone whining about Nike and who makes them own something Nike. Which makes everyone of u hypocrits

By: grimsleeper78

grimsleeper78 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:24:45 +0000

Nike makes football shoes??

By: DonTerrelli

DonTerrelli — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:24:09 +0000

Who the hell is FUjita?

By: foxylettuce

foxylettuce — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:23:40 +0000

I almost bought apair of Nike’s today, but I remember seeing Fujita wearing a pair of shoes that were all white, with no markings on them.
I’m going out to pick up a pair of K-Swiss.

By: johnnydom

johnnydom — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:15:56 +0000

Hey why does Nike need Fujita when they have that pilar of moral values, Tiger Woods on their roster.

By: AcidSoda

AcidSoda — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:13:20 +0000

At sevenwords,
That’s what I’m saying. Who notices a player’s shoes during a football game? Unbelievable. At first I thought it might be swoosh that football jerseys have on the upper front shoulder, and that Fujita had some vendetta against Nike, but his actual shoe? chile, please!

By: God's Own Silver and Blue

God's Own Silver and Blue — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:09:06 +0000

Next week: The NFL Return of Billy “Nike Shoes” Johnson.