Punching Bag Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Adidas scores on-field presence http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11795707/adidas-reaches-deal-nfl-field-presence Adidas spokesman Michael Ehrlich confirmed Friday that a deal was in fact reached that would allow players who endorse the brand to freely wear cleats and gloves using the logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivermont Mike Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Playoffs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Playoffs! You mean Payoffs! as in endorsement deals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 The greed of the NFL as well as other sports never ceases to amaze me. The way they can legally extort companies to give them money for nothing tangible, just so that it will allow it's players to get money for wearing/using said companies products. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwalter Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 The greed of the NFL as well as other sports never ceases to amaze me. The way they can legally extort companies to give them money for nothing tangible, just so that it will allow it's players to get money for wearing/using said companies products. Amazing. no, it's not amazing. this is how all businesses operate - to maximize revenues. and they're not "legally extorting" adidas; believe me, adidas is getting more out of this than they're paying (or they wouldn't pay it - thats also how businesses operate). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I know adidas and all the others are raking it in as well. But "pay us money or we will not allow our employees to promote your products, even though you are paying them to promote your products" is legal extortion. At least I assume it's legal??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Sammy is going to be very rich so maybe he won't demand a huge contract extension in 4 yrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campy Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 The greed of the NFL as well as other sports never ceases to amaze me. The way they can legally extort companies to give them money for nothing tangible, just so that it will allow it's players to get money for wearing/using said companies products. Amazing. It's not greed, it's capitalism. Why should Adidas receive free exposure/advertising from having their logo on equipment used in NFL-owned competitions? After all, players could wear Adidas but they could not wear the Adidas logo. Now that Adidas paid, they can also receive the benefit of exposure/advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 The greed of the NFL as well as other sports never ceases to amaze me. The way they can legally extort companies to give them money for nothing tangible, just so that it will allow it's players to get money for wearing/using said companies products. Amazing. You mean like how performers need to pay the NFL to play the halftime show for the superbowl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 I know adidas and all the others are raking it in as well. But "pay us money or we will not allow our employees to promote your products, even though you are paying them to promote your products" is legal extortion. At least I assume it's legal??? Why beef on the NFL for this age old concept? Nike and Under Armor had paid a premium to be the "official sponsor/equippers" of the NFL last year. The year before, it was Reebok-Adidas. Every pro sport (and really, every team) has "official sponsor" deals. It's how they make money. How on earth could this be confused with "illegal" activity?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 The NFL players have deal with NFL to split revenue - the players who get these deals actually depress the market shares for the other players who do not get deals AND they get a cut of the other company sponsorship. Once the ability to target players in place a potential sponsor can decide to go with NFL for $XXXX or go with players X ... X for $XXXX spreading their money around and even getting some commercials out of sponsorship and as long as they do not choose a 'Ray Rice' or 'Aaron Hernandez' they are in good shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Why beef on the NFL for this age old concept? Nike and Under Armor had paid a premium to be the "official sponsor/equippers" of the NFL last year. The year before, it was Reebok-Adidas. Every pro sport (and really, every team) has "official sponsor" deals. It's how they make money. How on earth could this be confused with "illegal" activity?? So, now it's Nike and UU and Adidas. When is it going to be Nike and UU and Adidas and Puma? When is it going to be...? How many official equippers can there be, not legally, but before the term official becomes absurd? (obviously the Nike deal didn't include exclusivity, but are they getting a rebate from the NFL because suddenly their deal has less "meaning?") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1B4IDie Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Luckily this happened on the BYE week. Sammy will have more than 24 hours to prepare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 So, now it's Nike and UU and Adidas. When is it going to be Nike and UU and Adidas and Puma? When is it going to be...? How many official equippers can there be, not legally, but before the term official becomes absurd? (obviously the Nike deal didn't include exclusivity, but are they getting a rebate from the NFL because suddenly their deal has less "meaning?") I was wondering that too. But I think the uniforms are exclusively Nike still. Shoes and gloves are any of the 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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