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thats ing bull . no one forced them to make the jerseys. that the business risk they took on.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shu...urn=nfl,106605
NFL loves to play games. That uniform is worthless now. Damage already done. Bengal fans would eat the new one up.
thats ing bull . no one forced them to make the jerseys. that the business risk they took on.
Plus, the NFL does not give a about "reebok" if the player is traded.The NFL gets away with more bull then any company in the USA.
Chad Johnson has to have some legal rights to sue so he can use his real name.
$4 million (or $50 million pesos).
LOL!$4 million (or $50 million pesos).
to chad johnson its "quattro cero cero cero cero cero cero"$4 million (or $50 million pesos).
Why can't this be solved with just making new name plates and putting them on the old jerseys. There is no # change so the only thing changing is a small piece of the back of the jersey that can be easily covered up. Reebok wouldn't have to eat the full cost of the jersey just the name plate switch. you can even market those as special 1st edition Ocho Cinco Jersey's and charge double for them.
NFL can't be serious.
It's not about whether the NFL cares under those cir stances. It's the player involved. Most big money players who get traded will get traded well before Reebok goes into production with the next season's jerseys. It was obviously the timing and the fact they had produced thousands of jerseys. The NFL cares what Reebok thinks in this situation because of a number of things, and one major reason is probably the fact they don't want Chad to don the "Ocho Cinco" name to make what they probably perceive a farce of the NFL in an XFL and "He Hate Me" sort of way. It's pretty ridiculous at any rate.
Probably a business decision when you consider whether consumers will still buy the product with a woven nameplate over the original name. Kind of ghetto too.Why can't this be solved with just making new name plates and putting them on the old jerseys. There is no # change so the only thing changing is a small piece of the back of the jersey that can be easily covered up. Reebok wouldn't have to eat the full cost of the jersey just the name plate switch. you can even market those as special 1st edition Ocho Cinco Jersey's and charge double for them.
You would imagine so. The NFL and its attorneys are probably fishing with this one, but they are probably twisting and turning and flipping every possible language in whatever do ents NFL players have to sign with the league. It's really seems like they'd be reaching if they think they could force Chad to pay anything to Reebok. But, I'm sure the NFL employs some very smart people. Regardless, I'd be extremely surprised if they could somehow make Chad pay anything and have it mandated by a court.Chad Johnson has to have some legal rights to sue so he can use his real name.
All he's gotta do is buy all of the old merch and donate the stuff to some charity. He instantly becomes the most popular player among po' folks, and gets a sweet 4 million sheckel tax deduction.
Does anyone think for one second Reebok called the NFL and said "hey we got all these Johnson t's, can you do something about this?" I say no. NFL takes themselves way to serious and think that Ocho Cinco change his name to piss them off. Cinco is getting attention and can make alot of money with this stupid name change.
And trades can happen anytime. I gurantee there has never been a meeting with the NFL teams saying "could you try to make trades happen before the start of the season so that merchandise with the players names on it can be changed in time" I would bet my nuts that the Johnson t's were printed long before pre season,training camps, volunteer training camp. I wouldn't be surprised if they did not print any t's this year.
There are not 100,000 Chad Johnson fans out there that don't already have his or want his jersey. And those fans who have his Johnson jersey would go out in a heart beat to get the Ocho Cinco one. This is a case of the NFL being s.
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