LMAO Kobe is an Endorsement Failure

**hater** · 11-23-2011

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish...ment-nightmare

If being the NBA's highest paid player during a work stoppage wasn't taxing enough, things just became worse for Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant isn't getting a penny of his $25,244,493 salary from the Lakers this season, and now he can forget about getting a payout from a endorsement deal gone bad. The Hollywood hoopster is listed among the biggest creditors in bankruptcy papers filed for Power Balance LLC.

Bryant is owed $400,000 for giving his seal of approval to the product, reports the Orange County Register.

**Koolaid_Man** · 11-23-2011

Originally Posted by hater

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish...ment-nightmare

If being the NBA's highest paid player during a work stoppage wasn't taxing enough, things just became worse for Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant isn't getting a penny of his $25,244,493 salary from the Lakers this season, and now he can forget about getting a payout from a endorsement deal gone bad. The Hollywood hoopster is listed among the biggest creditors in bankruptcy papers filed for Power Balance LLC.

Bryant is owed $400,000 for giving his seal of approval to the product, reports the Orange County Register.

Unfortunately for you..I have bigger fish to fry...try again later dawg.

**Fabbs** · 11-23-2011

who better to represent a fraud product?

**lefty** · 11-23-2011

Kobe

ted on by midget from Porto Rico

ted on by soft jump-shooting Euro

Dumped by sponsors

Jordan wannabe

Kobecat

**MR.SILVER&BLack** · 11-23-2011

Originally Posted by Koolaid_Man

Unfortunately for you..I have bigger fish to fry...try again later dawg.

in other words you will come back later after hours and hours of trying think of a comeback. ok got it

**ElNono** · 11-23-2011

Power Balance Peddles New Sports Junk After Filing For Bankruptcy

They say that fools and their money are soon parted, and no one knows that better than the sports junk hucksters at Power Balance. Despite filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court on Friday, the company has high hopes for their new product, something called Performance Mouth Gear.

Let’s clear up one thing first: it’s a mouth guard. That’s it. Of course, the marketing wizards at Power Balance aren’t content to leave it at that; oh no, it’s supposedly much more. According to the company, Performance Mouth Gear incorporates “innovative technology to properly align the jaw and the spine through optimal positioning of the bite.” They even go as far as citing a a handful reputable journal articles to make their case.

Sounds great, no? They’re fighting for all the credibility they can get, considering they have a history of just making things up. Case in point: their Power Balance bracelets claimed to endow users with “up to a 500% increase in strength, power and flexibility.” The bracelet’s key ingredient? A holographic sticker.

Australia’s Compe ion and Consumer Commission called them out on the obvious BS, and among other things, made publicly retract their claims. Here’s a gem from one of their corrective ads:

We admit that there is no credible scientific evidence that supports our claims and therefore we engaged in misleading conduct in breach of s52 of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

So, they lied. I’m sure that’s going to inspire tons of people to buy their new mouth guards! Credit where credit is due though, this new pitch is just a hair more believable than saying their holographic bracelets can affect the user’s “natural energy.” They’re learning!

It’s always a shame when a company falls on hard times, but I can’t help but look at this situation with a little bit of schadenfreude. Power Balance is swimming in both debt and bad feelings, but it’s their own fault, and I’m looking forward to seeing how their new plan pans out.

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**Kyle Orton** · 11-23-2011

spur fan living through the mavs

**Giuseppe** · 11-23-2011

Originally Posted by lakaluva

My boy Kobe is sitting at a cool 420 million net worth. Jim? A paltry 75 mil.

tee, hee.

**BlackSwordsMan** · 11-23-2011

ttt

**BlackSwordsMan** · 11-23-2011

Originally Posted by Giuseppe

tee, hee.

bend over and show kobe why you need that new range rover
tee hee

**Giuseppe** · 11-23-2011

^taking me off Ignore.

tee, hee.

**BlackSwordsMan** · 11-23-2011

being a strange who spends his time online all day
tee hee

**Giuseppe** · 11-23-2011

^letting me get you saucy.

tee, hee.

**DMC** · 11-23-2011

Originally Posted by lakaluva

My boy Kobe is sitting at a cool 420 million net worth. Jim? A paltry 75 mil. Thats not bad for someone so boring.

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/ric...ant-net-worth/

Yet I would bet dollar to food stamp that Tim never posted at midnight on a sports forum asking if he should give Taco Bell another chance.

**DMC** · 11-23-2011

Originally Posted by Kyle Orton

spur fan living through the mavs

You living through non yet banned accounts...

**Killakobe81** · 11-24-2011

Kobe an endorsement failure ... No, this thread is ...

**Koolaid_Man** · 11-24-2011

Originally Posted by DMC

Yet I would bet dollar to food stamp that Tim never posted at midnight on a sports forum asking if he should give Taco Bell another chance.

you know why don't you? because he has a live in male personal assistant to take care of that for him...

**Koolaid_Man** · 11-24-2011

Originally Posted by lakaluva

My boy Kobe is sitting at a cool 420 million net worth. Jim? A paltry 75 mil. Thats not bad for someone so boring.

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/ric...ant-net-worth/

Kobe's worth more than the Spurs owner as well