++ [ originally posted by baggio ] ++
Dude....im sure im gonna eventually have to like it ...coz irrespective im gonna buy it, its juve after all.....an i dont have a choice for 12 years....the only thing i have against nike is....they have some brilliant sport designs...but they arent the original football based brand like say an adidas, but by signing teams like man u and juve i guess they're heading in the right direction......as an individual i feel they're still better off in the nba and nfl rather than coming to europe to sign big teams, Lets face it, theyre a US biased brand and they arent the pioneers of football. I have nuthg against americans but i do blv there are some double standards involved when it comes to their sports, everyone has to know about their sports and they dont give a damn about the world's sports. (e.g if the superbowl is coming up, espn goes all out in advertising it 2 weeks in advance, but if its the world cup 2002, not a single american even knows abt it, they actually showed that on sportscenter when the wc was on) I blv nike has the same attitude, what they think works for them is all that matters. However, that attitude seems to be changing off late, if u see their early soccer designs they were abyssmal, but now they seem to be payng more attention... The reason im dissing them soo much is because i dont blv in their unfair labour methods and wanting to have a say in everything (how they cud even have the tenacity to ask Juve to name their new stadium).....not tryign to start another argument ...just wanna tell u, i dont hate good looking designs....just dont like the company. And dont believe they belong in football, but then again i admire them for wanting to sorely strengthen their weakest areas (football in this case).