THE PAC 12 THREAD v.5

[socaljim242]

Yeah, like the owner of Nike has nothing to do with Oregon football. lol

 

[Olyduck]

Yeah, like the owner of Nike has nothing to do with Oregon football. lol

I didn't say he didn't. just said Oregon and Nike are 2 different entities.
Oregon doesn't even have the biggest Nike contract. I don't even think they are in the top 5

 

[WizardHawk]

I didn't say he didn't. just said Oregon and Nike are 2 different entities.
Oregon doesn't even have the biggest Nike contract. I don't even think they are in the top 5

So Phil has spent more on facilities for another program than Oregon? I mean many NFL teams don't have what he bought for your program. That stuff about Nike contracts is misleading.

 

[Wamu]

An article I found from forbes.com: the 65 most valuable college sports apparel deals (7-12-16). Top 5 are: UCLA (18.67m, Adidas), Ohio State (16.8m, Nike), Texas (16.67m, Nike), meeeechegan (15.73m, Nike) & Wisconsin (9.6, UnderArmour).

The top 5 Nike deals are. Ohio State, Texas, meeeechegan, LSU (4.67m), Tennessee (4.38m). Oregon is ranked 38th nationally (2.99m). And ranked 24th in Nike contracts.

 

[WizardHawk]

An article I found from forbes.com: the 65 most valuable college sports apparel deals (7-12-16). Top 5 are: UCLA (18.67m, Adidas), Ohio State (16.8m, Nike), Texas (16.67m, Nike), meeeechegan (15.73m, Nike) & Wisconsin (9.6, UnderArmour).

The top 5 Nike deals are. Ohio State, Texas, meeeechegan, LSU (4.67m), Tennessee (4.38m). Oregon is ranked 38th nationally (2.99m). And ranked 24th in Nike contracts.

Again, this is what duck fans bring up to distract from the hundreds of millions of dollars Knight has personally donated directly to duck sports. Yes, he has also donated over a half billion also to non sports. This of course allows the university to send more funds to sports, or whatever else they want, because those funds are not required for the things Knight opens his wallet for.

Nike as an entity isn't funding the ducks. Knight is and he is doing it with the money he made from Nike.

 

[Olyduck]

Again, this is what duck fans bring up to distract from the hundreds of millions of dollars Knight has personally donated directly to duck sports. Yes, he has also donated over a half billion also to non sports. This of course allows the university to send more funds to sports, or whatever else they want, because those funds are not required for the things Knight opens his wallet for.

Nike as an entity isn't funding the ducks. Knight is and he is doing it with the money he made from Nike.

The money Knight made from Nike is still his money. If knight wants to hand over every penny he has thats his money to do so with and will have no impact on Nike.

If I go get a bunch of drugs and hookers with my money, those are my drugs and hookers not my employers.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

So Phil has spent more on facilities for another program than Oregon? I mean many NFL teams don't have what he bought for your program.

if your a kid wanting to play football with the facilities Oregon has…omg.


top notch.

 

[WizardHawk]

The money Knight made from Nike is still his money. If knight wants to hand over every penny he has thats his money to do so with and will have no impact on Nike.

If I go get a bunch of drugs and hookers with my money, those are my drugs and hookers not my employers.

In this case you are the one who created and built your business and brand from the ground up. You and that brand are deeply associated with each other. Knight IS Nike, and all that Nike is comes from Knight.

There are a handful of people in the country with that level of status, even long after they have left their company. Bill Gates is one.

People will interchange Knight and the empire he built. No way to separate the two.

 

[mcnabb7542]

An article I found from forbes.com: the 65 most valuable college sports apparel deals (7-12-16). Top 5 are: UCLA (18.67m, Adidas), Ohio State (16.8m, Nike), Texas (16.67m, Nike), meeeechegan (15.73m, Nike) & Wisconsin (9.6, UnderArmour).

The top 5 Nike deals are. Ohio State, Texas, meeeechegan, LSU (4.67m), Tennessee (4.38m). Oregon is ranked 38th nationally (2.99m). And ranked 24th in Nike contracts.

Uncle Phil scaled back on the "deals" once the shipped Chipper off to the NFL!

 

[Olyduck]

Uncle Phil scaled back on the "deals" once the shipped Chipper off to the NFL!

False Oregon has never had a huge contract

 

[WizardHawk]

I mean when the founder gives you like 3/4 of a billion dollars you don't call it a contract right?

 

[Olyduck]

I mean when the founder gives you like 3/4 of a billion dollars you don't call it a contract right?

I call it between Oregon and Phil Knight. not Nike

 

[trojanfan12]

lol Literally no other fanbase does "justification" like the Ducks.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

phill knight gave 500 million to OSHU Hospital in a matching fed and state grant, 1 billion total between all parties involved.


top notch facilities up there for sure. and well deserved. i like phill, good guy.

 

[Olyduck]

phill knight gave 500 million to OSHU Hospital in a matching fed and state grant, 1 billion total between all parties involved.


top notch facilities up there for sure. and well deserved. i like phill, good guy.

that was to the Cancer institute at OHSU if i remember correctly

 

[Olyduck]

Knight has also given like 400 million to Stanford last year.
and money to Oregon State for the baseball program which just had a hell of season.

 

[Olyduck]

lol Literally no other fanbase does "justification" like the Ducks.

not really sure where you see justifications

 

[AlaskaGuy]

Washington's football program could use some of that Bill Gates / Paul Allen money ... a cool billion would be nice.

 

[trojanfan12]

not really sure where you see justifications

See what I mean? Ducks fans do so much justifying, they don't even know when they are doing it anymore.

 

[WizardHawk]

No one questioned Knight's generosity toward his favorite state and his other Alma mater. He gave, or has pledged a lot more money to non sports at those schools than sports.

Still, he has bought and paid for sports programs to make them relevant like few others at any institution in this country. How many other programs have received a couple of hundred million from one donor? College sports is about recruiting. All of them. Being able to outspend your competition buys you more recruits. It's a fact.

Duck football and basketball have both gone way up to another level after that massive money spend. They didn't grow their program through sweat and tears. They bought and paid for it. They didn't pay their dues, they paid in dollars.