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Because of Tiger Woods (& Obama), Nike Tosses Its Golf Clubs. (Shirts to Stay On.) - 1 Update
Really not a choice IMO - 6 Updates
The DLS's "racing record" - 2 Updates
Taking a break - 1 Update
Because of Tiger Woods (& Obama), Nike Tosses Its Golf Clubs. (Shirts to Stay On.)
"Flushing Obama Turds" <bye-coons@splc.org>: Sep 23 07:15AM +0200
ATLANTA — So, who comes to mind when you think of golf and Nike?
Right: (I am) Tiger Woods.
And what, specifically, is Tiger Woods wearing when you think of
him?
Right: a red shirt.
That association, which waned a little for serious golf fans
with Woods's decline but remains strong for much of the casual
sports world, has been very good for Nike for a very long time.
But it is (or, really, was) also emblematic of Nike's golf
problem.
Two months ago, Nike — whose player roster includes Rory
McIlroy, Michelle Wie and yes, still, Woods — announced that it
was leaving the golf equipment business. Development and
production of Nike golf clubs and Nike golf balls will be shut
down, the company said, essentially admitting that it had not
made enough money in this particular field about 18 years after
it introduced its first ball and 14 years after it rolled out
its first clubs.
The decision, which caught many in the golf community off guard
(including some players and executives with ties to Nike), has
made for some odd realities. For instance, at the marquee Tour
Championship played here at East Lake Golf Club last year, Paul
Casey introduced and praised a prototype of Nike's new driver,
the sleek blue-and-yellow Vapor Fly model.
On Thursday, in the first round of this year's event, Casey
played at East Lake alongside McIlroy; each shot 68, two shots
behind the leaders Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama and Kevin
Chappell. Casey and McIlroy again used their Nike gear, even
though it was difficult not to look at their clubs and bags as
soon-to-be collector's items. Beginning next season, the most
likely place to find them could be on eBay.
"The secret sauce in the equipment business that Nike didn't
have is that each of these companies that's thriving comes from
a core competency that they grew out of," said Casey Alexander,
a senior vice president at Compass Point Research & Trading,
which has long tracked the golf industry. "Callaway still uses
the Big Bertha name — that's what people know them for.
TaylorMade invented the metal-headed driver, and that's still a
huge part of what they do. Titleist has a core competency in
golf balls. Ping has a history in cast-iron clubs. Nike just
never broke through with something like that."
What Nike did (and does) have, though, is the ubiquity of that
red shirt and the popularity of its brethren. Nike's golf
clothes, or soft products, have long been global favorites, and
Nike has said it plans to continue producing new shirts and
shorts and pants and shoes and hats — all of which, not
coincidentally, require far less of an investment to create than
the funding needed to operate a research-and-development
operation for new clubs or new balls.
Nike is not alone in bowing to that truth. Earlier this year,
Adidas, which also makes a wide variety of popular golf
clothing, took steps to separate itself from TaylorMade, the
club-and-ball company it purchased in 1997, and Adams, another
club company.
And why not? In the United States, the number of golfers has
decreased to 24 million from about 30 million in 2005, forcing
equipment companies, particularly those that produce more than
just golf products, to be more discerning.
Nike's decision may have felt abrupt — Bobby Kreusler, the agent
for another Nike player, Jhonattan Vegas, told Golf Magazine
that he found the news "shocking and extremely disappointing" —
but the numbers were impossible to ignore. Sales in Nike's golf
division during the fiscal year that ended in May were terrible:
Its total figure of $706 million was 8.2 percent lower than the
previous year and made it Nike's worst-performing major
category. (The women's exercise category, by comparison, had
sales of $1.34 billion.)
Fallout from the move has been varied. Conjecture began
instantly that Nike might consider some sort of alignment with a
club company to streamline endorsements, while players who use
Nike's equipment were immediately inundated with pitches from
other companies.
Many players, and their agents, have been hesitant to speak
openly about the situation because negotiations, with Nike and
other companies, are in progress.
Several agents speculated that one (somewhat counterintuitive)
ramification of Nike's move out of the golf equipment business
is that there will actually be more, not fewer, Nike swooshes on
the golf course at top events.
In the past, the thinking goes, Nike could not attract some
players it wanted to work with because many players believed
Nike's clubs were inferior. Now, Nike will be free to chase any
player without demanding that the player use Nike's clubs as
well as wear its clothes.
Jason Day, an Australian who is ranked No. 1 and wears Adidas
clothing, has already been linked with Nike. Day ratcheted up
the rumors about a possible switch when he announced this week
that he would be signing a new contract with TaylorMade for
clubs but did not disclose which logos he would be wearing.
Pressed on the issue, he played coy, saying: "On the apparel,
shoe side, I don't have anything to share right now. But I'm
really excited about the future."
By next season, many players figure to have different looks, and
in a sport that rivals Nascar in terms of perpetually in-your-
face branding, Nike's decision is significant.
The on-course effect is less quantifiable. Many players have
love-hate relationships with their clubs, depending on how they
are playing. Still, the questions are obvious: What clubs will
McIlroy be using next year? Or Casey or Nick Watney? How about a
young star like Brooks Koepka, who joined Nike only eight months
ago?
For that matter, what about Woods? He is not playing in Atlanta
this week, nor will he be playing at the Ryder Cup next week in
Minnesota. But he wrote on his website recently that he planned
to enter three events this fall.
It will be his first tournament action since August 2015, and
Woods, who is recovering from two back operations, stoked his
fans' anticipation by writing, "My rehabilitation is to the
point where I'm comfortable making plans," and adding, "It could
be a fun fall" when he returns to the course.
He did not, however, specify what would be in his bag once he
did.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/23/sports/golf/nike-golf-
equipment-apparel.html?_r=0
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Really not a choice IMO
Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net>: Sep 22 07:31PM -0700
On 2016-09-22 7:26 PM, Moderate wrote:
>> This discrimination:
>> http://fortune.com/2016/06/07/donald-trump-racism-quotes/
> Trump said illegals, not Mexicans. Muslim isn't a race.
Incorrect:
'QUOTE: "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best.
They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people
that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us.
They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And
some, I assume, are good people."
WHEN AND WHERE: Trump made the remarks as he announced his run for the
Republican nomination for president at Trump Tower Atrium in Manhattan
on June 16, 2015 -- setting the tone for an unpredictable and polarizing
campaign.'
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/donald-trump-speech-debates-and-campaign-quotes-1.11206532>
That is a direct quote. Where in there does it say "illegals"?
BTW, that is how a citation is done.
Quoted text AND source.
Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net>: Sep 22 07:33PM -0700
On 2016-09-22 7:28 PM, Moderate wrote:
>> Then I'll support mine.
> What a pussy. I know the FBI never said that and so do you.
> Lying POS.
I do know the FBI said that...
...but I'll take the fact that you've now snipped your claim preceding
mine as capitulation.
:-)
Moderate <nospam@nomail.com>: Sep 22 10:39PM -0500
> If you have anything substantive:
> Quote it...
> ...and provide the direct link to it.
These two were right next to each other.
A divestment from industrial multinational use of fossil fuels
and investment in community- based
sustainable energy solutions.
A cut in military expenditures and a reallocation of those funds
to invest in domestic infrastructure and
community well-being.
You are an idiot.
--
Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net>: Sep 22 08:44PM -0700
On 2016-09-22 8:39 PM, Moderate wrote:
> A divestment from industrial multinational use of fossil fuels
> and investment in community- based
> sustainable energy solutions.
No link.
Why?
> A cut in military expenditures and a reallocation of those funds
> to invest in domestic infrastructure and
> community well-being.
No link.
Why?
Moderate <nospam@nomail.com>: Sep 22 10:49PM -0500
>> You are an idiot.
The link was already posted imbecile.
--
Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net>: Sep 22 08:56PM -0700
On 2016-09-22 8:49 PM, Moderate wrote:
> The link was already posted imbecile.
No.
There is no text at the link you posted that includes what you've claimed.
Your own words confirm that the text you claim exists is at some OTHER link:
"There is a link to their demands in this article. There are
several links on their page of demands."
So the link that was provided has now been confirmed BY YOU not to
contain that which have said it contains.
In short, you're a liar.
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The DLS's "racing record"
michaelunowho@gmail.com: Sep 22 04:52AM -0700
On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 3:51:51 PM UTC-4, Alan Baker wrote:
> > You follow me around answering all my trolls, and keep track of my every move!!!!
> Nope.
> I have a memory.
Yes, a "selective" (look it up) memory.
Hey,dude, remember all the times you groveled and begged for help when you were losing?
If you were dead.....you know the rest, it's your line..remember?
michaelunowho@gmail.com: Sep 22 04:58AM -0700
On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 3:02:00 PM UTC-4, MNMikeW wrote:
> >> now.
> > Quick: in your own words, what did I do wrong?
> Actually think you are a competent racer.
Yeah, the DLS thinks IT excels at everything.
But as IT'S father realized, IT is a natural born Luzer, who suffers from Dunning-Kruger syndrome, and can't do anything right.
IT'S "racing" record.
Three years:
No wins
No places
Finished last in IT'S last six races. Was behind by 1 & 2 & 3 laps in all but one.
Crashed into two other cars (in different events), because IT had IT'S head up IT'S ass and didn't look where IT was going
And the DLS claims IT'S doing "better" today than IT was!!!!!! HOOT!!!
IT should really off IT'Self, the world would be a better place.
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Taking a break
michaelunowho@gmail.com: Sep 22 04:50AM -0700
On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 9:43:32 PM UTC-4, Moderate wrote:
> Hillary is taking six days off, before the first debate. She
> works fewer hours than Obama.
> --
She's got to try not to have a seizure during the debate. Or piss in her pants.
She is a very unhealthy woman.
She wears a piss bag and catheter. Otherwise she would piss her pants.
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