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Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin
Jordan.
He wanted to wear Adidas instead of Nike. Adidas almost had him locked up. Took a meeting with Nike at the insistence of his mother. Changed the course of branding and sneaker wearing in America forever.
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I had never heard that Nike story. I did hear that Haywood (can't remember first name) was the very first athlete that Nike approached to wear their new basketball shoe.
They offered him like 5% of the company, or $50,000.00 and he took the cash. His 5% would have been worth a billion dollars now.
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