Comments on: Griffin’s latest logo flap dies quietly

By: nytroutdog

nytroutdog — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:34:24 +0000

At the Ralph last Sunday I couldn’t get myself to go back to my seats after warm-ups because I was all abuzz with what the players were wearing. Uh huh.

OK, comedy routine over.

While this is a great effort by RGIII to show his love for his personal sponsor, it is also a clear showing of the fact that he does not understanding the big picture: Nike is the NFL sponsor and the NFL sponsor trumps your sponsor. End of story.

By: phillyphannn83

phillyphannn83 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:15:35 +0000

Visionary an inspirational??? Just last week you said even you were tired of hearing about RGIII and you said he is, I believe, over-hyped!! Now you say he is a visionary?? Nelson Mandela is a visionary. Ghandi is a visionary. People who use grass-roots startups to do things like feed the poor, build wells in arid places like Africa and other impoverished nations are visionarys and inspirations, not a rookie football player who’s 1-1 and lost to the Rams.

By: gbpackman

gbpackman — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:58:42 +0000

You seem to have some odd reason/fantasy to keep blowing this non-story up. Even the NFL spokesman said as much. Maybe working/reporting for TMZ would be more satisfying for you.

By: sixjak

sixjak — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:37:54 +0000

Yes he is a visionary. In fact he’s more than that. I have all of his posters on my wall. He’s immortal, he’s a super hero, why he is a god. Only because he plays on my team. If he played on another team he’d just be another football player. Or maybe if he played on another team like the 9ers then he would be scum…I gotta go now the voices in my head are saying things.

By: 4evrnyt

4evrnyt — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:18:57 +0000

This seems like the kind of thing that should have been worked out long before it got to this point. Adidas knew full well that RGIII was going to be sporting tons of gear with the NIKE Swoosh given that NIKE is the main sponsor, if they didn’t want their man to be in NIKE gear they should have picked a different athlete. Since they didn’t they need to stop telling RG3 to do silly things to cover up a competitors logo that they knew he’d be wearing anyway.

By: mazblast

mazblast — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:16:41 +0000

Nontroversy. Other than media hacks looking to start a flap, no one has ever paid attention to what players wear during early warm-ups.

By: apmn

apmn — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:48:01 +0000

If he’s sponsored by adidas, shouldn’t he be rgiii instead of RGIII?

By: totallyuselessme

totallyuselessme — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:04:30 +0000

He’s sponsored by Adidas, and showing them a lot of loyalty.

I actually like that.

By: bearfan78

bearfan78 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:02:23 +0000

Does RGIII recognize, that under the current CBA, the players get 1/2 the money Nike pays to the league? In return, Nike wants their logos on the clothing. Seems fair.

By: someidiotfromouthereintheprojects

someidiotfromouthereintheprojects — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:59:03 +0000

cam newton can smile at someone somehow in a wrong way and it turns into a week-long media circus with every idiot on earth nitpicking his every move.

rg3…don’t put yourself in a position to be scrutinized. sometimes the trouble isn’t worth the trouble.

By: mrwillie

mrwillie — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:57:39 +0000

And without RGIII there wouldn’t be all these articles about Nike’s new uni’s in the news.

I’m guessing the marketing folks over at Nike aren’t all that upset over this.

By: wayne1693

wayne1693 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:54:48 +0000

But what happens when a player purposefully and with ill-will covers, with the aforementioned illegal tape…a birth-mark on his body in the shape of the Nike Swoosh?

By: rickastleydancemoves

rickastleydancemoves — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:52:27 +0000

I wouldn’t wear adidas even if I woke up from a coma and discovered the world was in a zombie apocalypse and adidas were the only shoes I could find.

By: hendawg21

hendawg21 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:52:07 +0000

The entire thing is stupid, stupid, stupid…it’s almost like if you were for Coke you can’t drink Pepsi or if you worked for Ford you can’t drive a Chevrolet…Nike may be paying the NFL but Addidas is paying RGIII….

By: golfnutt67

golfnutt67 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:45:00 +0000

No he is a shill for the competition and is trying to justify big endorsement bucks. Weak rook.

By: bucrightoff

bucrightoff — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:43:54 +0000

RGIII respects money, thats why he’s trying to give Nike the shaft, as if somehow thats gonna help the fact Adidas shoes simply are second rate compared to Nike (or New Balance or Asics for that matter)

By: voiceofreasonsays

voiceofreasonsays — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:41:03 +0000

He’s a visionary and his confidence at his young age is inspirational. I can’t stress enough how proud Iam that he’s the QB for my football team. People who don’t like him are simply envious individuals.

By: nflofficeadmin

nflofficeadmin — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:39:20 +0000

I like RGIII, but why doesn’t he respect the fact that Nike is the league sponsor?