How to Tape Over Your Cleats and Not Lose Your Nike Endorsement

New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott Fujita won a super bowl ring and lost his Nike contract all in the same week.

“Low point of the day: not getting a Nike schwag bag in my hotel room. All the guys who are endorsed by Nike got sweet Super Bowl schwag, with about $5000 worth of merch, including some products from their ACG line, which I love for hiking and for outdoor use. I was endorsed by Nike for seven years, but they voided my contract (after several warnings) for “spatting” my cleats on game-days. Some of us spat, or put tape around our cleats, to keep them tight. Nike, apparently, doesn’t like that their precious Swoosh gets covered up. Oh well. Wouldn’t be that big of a deal if it weren’t for every teammate rubbing it in my face, parading around in all their cool new gear.”

Seems a bit unfair that Nike would yank his endorsement deal when it was their product that wasn’t “keeping tight” and performing to the athlete’s standards. Then again, they did warn him on several occasions.

Bottom line, this could have easily been avoided if Scott were as clever and artistically proficient as some of these former Rams and ‘Niners. Whether or not Nike would even allow its clients to draw on their logo anymore, who knows, but Sharpie surely would’ve sent him a $5,000 schwag bag of assorted colors.

Shoes by Champion. Those should help him stop LT.

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