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Yep.  Gut punch.

Damn that's awesome.

Edited by Grippe

Saw that on fb this morning. Quite dusty

How nice of Nike to use this kid with special needs to trick people into thinking they're a progressive entity that gives a shit about important issues to sell more shoes. 

24 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

How nice of Nike to use this kid with special needs to trick people into thinking they're a progressive entity that gives a shit about important issues to sell more shoes. 

Well, to be fair, he has CP.  He probably wouldn't be the best sweatshop employee.

29 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

How nice of Nike to use this kid with special needs to trick people into thinking they're a progressive entity that gives a shit about important issues to sell more shoes. 

Why you hate capitalism, bro?  Nike is going under anyway cause they hate america.  I read about it in a facebook comment.

30 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

How nice of Nike to use this kid with special needs to trick people into thinking they're a progressive entity that gives a shit about important issues to sell more shoes. 

 

Whoever is running their marketing department is knocking it out of the fucking park in the last 12 months. Like or hate them the general public and more importantly to them the press is eating it up and they are getting a shit ton of semi free publicity. 

40 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

How nice of Nike to use this kid with special needs to trick people into thinking they're a progressive entity that gives a shit about important issues to sell more shoes. 

It's just a coincidence that they are simultaneously profiting off this.

3 hours ago, irishtexan said:

How nice of Nike to use this kid with special needs to trick people into thinking they're a progressive entity that gives a shit about important issues to sell more shoes. 

So you cried, too?

2 minutes ago, South Austin said:

So you cried, too?

I only cry at videos of walk-ons getting surprised with a scholarship. 

And Pixar movies.

I only cry at videos of walk-ons getting surprised with a scholarship. 
And Pixar movies.

No Old Yeller?

Commie.
3 hours ago, Gene Parmesan said:

It's just a coincidence that they are simultaneously profiting off this.

Their goal with signing any athlete is to profit. Right?

3 hours ago, miguelito said:

So are we supposed to burn our shoes or what?

Apparently we are supposed to burn people with cerebral palsy.  Cruel I know, but it’s 2018. 

5 hours ago, miguelito said:

So are we supposed to burn our shoes or what?

It was a long game ploy.  They got you to burn them after Kaepernick but now you'll go buy new ones after this.  Crafty.

I love it. This literally has nothing (absolutely fucking zero) to do with donkeys and elephants and you fuckers find a way to cloak room this shit.

GET. A. FUCKING. PURPOSE. Find it and fuck off to where ever arguing makes you happy. Stay out of my feel good threads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good for Justin.  

Nike? Meh.  Whatever. Just a shoe company. 

8 hours ago, DaggerHorns said:

I love it. This literally has nothing (absolutely fucking zero) to do with donkeys and elephants and you fuckers find a way to cloak room this shit.

GET. A. FUCKING. PURPOSE. Find it and fuck off to where ever arguing makes you happy. Stay out of my feel good threads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your thread ?  

And yer not the boss of us.

19 hours ago, irishtexan said:

I only cry at videos of walk-ons getting surprised with a scholarship. 

I'm not seeing the difference in coaches and athletic departments profiting off athletes (especially walk-ons) and Nike profiting from selling athletic gear.
Please explain - thanx&bye

They’ve come a long way since Bowerman was stealing his wife’s waffle iron to make soles for the Oregon track team. 

55 minutes ago, Your Mom said:

They’ve come a long way since Bowerman was stealing his wife’s waffle iron to make soles for the Oregon track team. 

Little known fact is that Bowerman only recruited athletes with tiny feet since he could only press 8" long soles on that waffle iron.

On 10/12/2018 at 8:39 AM, Wally Fairway said:

I'm not seeing the difference in coaches and athletic departments profiting off athletes (especially walk-ons) and Nike profiting from selling athletic gear.
Please explain - thanx&bye

It was a joke, dork. Relax.

  • 3 years later...
2 minutes ago, Murfdogg21 said:

Nike/Jordan Brand VP was known felon, admits to being a murderer

Is there a 50 year statue of limitations on murder in Pennsylvania? It doesn’t sound like he’s prepared to go to jail. 

I do not believe there is a limit with respect to murder in that state according to FindLaw. I'm not an attorney though so he maybe ought to consider one.

On 10/11/2018 at 1:25 PM, irishtexan said:

I only cry at videos of walk-ons getting surprised with a scholarship. 

And Pixar movies.

Yep. 

Disney Pixar Love GIF by Disney

disney love GIF
 

Sad I Miss You GIF by Disney

The article says he was arrested for it but doesn't elaborate on his sentence, only that he spent much of the time from age "13 to 30" in and out of jail. Probably spent time in juvie I guess?

 

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The newspaper reported that police arrested him soon after the shooting, near where it occurred; Miller tossed his .38 when he saw them coming, but they quickly recovered it. Miller did not know the victim, or whether he had anything to do with the stabbing of his friend, or even whether he had any connection to the 53rd and Pine gang...

 

 

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It helped that there’s very little in the public record revealing Miller’s past. Simple Google searches provide no clue about his criminal record or jail time. A deeper search by SI discovered a single newspaper clip, from the Philadelphia Daily News and dated Oct. 2, 1965, headlined, “Youth, 16, Admits Slaying of Rival Gang Member.” The second paragraph refers to the suspect as “Larry Miller, of Catharine st. near 57th, a member of the 56th st. and Cedar ave gang.” It identifies the victim as White, who was “found lying on the street at 53d and Locust sts,” and was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. It said he had never had any run-ins with police.

 

1 hour ago, Captainant said:

imagine bumping a feel-good thread just to post a smear piece from fox news.

welcome to surly

Yeah, for a second I thought the cerebral palsy runner had lived a secret life as a gang-banging murderer. 

11 minutes ago, field said:

Would it be better to post the actual article from SI.com in which Larry Miller tells his story?  Or is that a hit piece also?

https://www.si.com/nba/2021/10/13/jordan-brand-chairman-larry-miller-shares-secret-daily-cover

I mean yeah that's a completely different headline, article, and tone from "Nike boss says he murdered 18-year-old while in teen gang; He was a straight up gangbanger at 16"

And thank you for sharing the actual story

2 hours ago, Captainant said:

imagine bumping a feel-good thread just to post a smear piece from fox news.

It was literally the first Google result after I initially read the blurb on my Facebook newsfeed. I can post 10 other links if you wish. We also like to neg people for starting new threads here and this one was the most relevant to Nike. Mysteries solved!

3 hours ago, Murfdogg21 said:

We also like to neg people for starting new threads here and this one was the most relevant to Nike. Mysteries solved!

Will Ferrell Snl GIF by Saturday Night Live

Saw the thread title and thought; "with damn danny's white vans? did Nike acquire Vans!?!!??!?!?"

But no. 

  • 4 weeks later...

the killer/ceo did 4 and a half years as juvenile. 
 

heartbreaking story really. He owes more than saying he’s sorry in a book that’s going to make him money. I like the son’s idea of a scholarship. 

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