[–] 22313792? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
So, we have NIKE giving payments to youth basketball players the same week that Kobe, who runs a youth basketball camp, dies in a helicopter crash.
Even stranger, John Legend and Kristi Teigen ( of Standard Hotel 'get my pedo on' Fame ) manage to insert themselves into the news by editing out a helicopter from their Super Bowl commercial.
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Also, Nike removed Kobe products: https://heavy.com/sports/2020/01/nike-kobe-bryant-products-removed-website/
Oddly, they're saying "capitalism" is the reason for removing the products!!!
[–] 22315161? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
This may be contract related. With only Kobe's signature on the contract, there is no way for his family to be paid from the sale of his merchandise.
or...
it could be a cynical ploy to spike prices of his merchandise already in circulation.
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What is such a wake-up call with Avenatti & Nike is how corrupt we have allowed our DOJ/FBI to become.
Think for a minute.....if Avenatti was a government official “investigating” Nike, his demands would have been perfectly acceptable. Done every day with corporations — a press release that some company has agreed to some small fine and a government-monitored internal cleanup program while admitting no guilt. Avenatti’s dollar numbers are even approximately what a government outcome would be.
He just needs to become a DOJ lawyer so he can practice the way he does.