Monday, July 18, 2005

The Shoe Wars are alive and well...

This is absolutely disgusting...

Love, basketball and business - SI.com

Kevin Love's celebration dinner was interrupted by a ringing cell phone. It was only a few hours after he had been named co-Underclassman of the Week (along with O.J. Mayo) at the Reebok ABCD Camp in Hackensack, N.J., on July 8 -- and Nike was calling Kevin's father, Stan, at the restaurant table. And Nike was not pleased... more

Definitely worth a read... Thank you Nike, Adidas and Reebok... you are doing a fine job ruining basketball.... oh and kids' lives. Keep up the good work!

1 comment:

AnnaAnastasia said...

Geez, Steve, I thought the "shoe wars" were about my quest to find a good sandal in an 8 1/2 wide...;)

This is disgraceful! After just getting through with orientation adivising, it's hard for me to witness the pressures and confusion of normal 18-year-old college students. To screw 16-year-olds like this is jeopardizing thier futures, both on the court and off. Perhaps this is why Knight was wary of shoe companies...