Adidas Said It Would Pay The Fastest 40 Time $100,000, UAB Receiver With Fastest Time Isn’t Getting Paid Though
Adidas is the definition of mediocrity. It is the athletic brand equivalent to the 45-year-old who made middle management 20 years ago and hasn’t progressed since, so this story really doesn’t shock me at all. Apparently Adidas was offering up $100,000 to the fastest three 40-yard dash times by players who wore the brand’s shoes at the NFL combine.
Adidas did this last year as well, but got burned by now New Orleans Saints receiver Brandin Cooks, who took the money and ran to Nike. So, this time, it added a stipulation into the contest that players had to sign a contract to endorse the company beforehand. No longer would Adidas pay money only to get cuckolded by a big swinging dick like Phil Knight — not again.
Well, the fastest 40 time of the whole damn combine happened to have been run in a pair of Adidas kicks, and because of the company consisting of insecure fucks, the kid isn’t getting the cash. J.J. Nelson, a receiver from the now demised UAB football program, ran a blistering 4.28 forty. He had his choice of shoes when he got to Indianapolis, but he went with Adidas as he was aware of the prize and because he genuinely liked the shoe.
From ESPN:
An Adidas news release said that the offer was “open to the athletes who sign with adidas prior to running their official 40 yard dashes later this month,” but Nelson said he wasn’t ever given a chance to sign with the brand.
“I signed some waiver at some point, but I was never given a chance to sign an endorsement deal,” Nelson said.
Nelson is projected as a late round pick, so I imagine not too many companies were rolling out the red carpet for him to sign an endorsement deal. However, dude smokes everyone in your shoes and is genuinely happy with your product, and you don’t try to make things right and sign him to a deal right then and there? $100,000 should be a drop in the bucket for a company that size. This is why you are what you are, Adidas..
[via ESPN]
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Where in the fuck is fail friday
11 years ago at 11:49 amAdidas is the fail of Friday
11 years ago at 12:50 pmI will pay $10,000 to the TFM writer whose article gets the most Likes today.
11 years ago at 11:53 amBut only if they sign an endorsement deal first, right?
11 years ago at 11:54 amReneging. NF.
11 years ago at 11:53 amYou have to sign the endorsement with Adidas and he never signed one. Therefore he doesn’t get the cash. Pretty simple.
11 years ago at 11:53 amYour mom didn’t love you enough, right?
11 years ago at 11:55 amIf this was Nike or Under Armour, they write up a check on the spot.
11 years ago at 11:56 amThe guy even said he didn’t sign an endorsement because he was focusing on the combine not the $100,000.
11 years ago at 1:14 pmThey never gave him the opportunity to sign an endorsement
11 years ago at 12:24 pmAdidas is the Pike of athletic apparel.
11 years ago at 11:54 amI know someone will ask so I’ll come clean. Yes, Adidas paid us to post this. I don’t know how much they paid my boss, but I received 5 pair of high tops and an Adidas warm-up suit that is straight fire!
11 years ago at 11:56 amFuck off
11 years ago at 12:01 pmThey’re fucking geeds with ugly designs.
11 years ago at 11:57 amShitting on a multibillion dollar company while working for a worthless company like grandex.TFM
11 years ago at 11:57 amAdidas is for futbol, here in America we play American football.
11 years ago at 12:15 pmNo, it’s just football. Sure, it is American as a bald eagle shitting fifty caliber bullets, but only eurotrash calls it “American” football.
11 years ago at 12:22 pmI just wanted to make sure that everyone knows football is played in the greatest country in the world. Just in case someone didn’t know.
11 years ago at 12:27 pmThat’s enough, sport.
11 years ago at 3:30 pmShutting up when you sound like a complete moron is a TFM.
11 years ago at 3:58 amAdidas must be run by geeds
11 years ago at 12:18 pmNazis, actually. Not kidding.
11 years ago at 1:28 pm