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Michael Jordan's kid is ticking me off


For the last couple weeks everytime I see this story of the dispute between Marcus Jordan and his school over his insistance on wearing Air Jordans during games, my blood would simmer. But today, it's boiling.

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Today his college lost their 3 million dollar Adidas contract because Marcus Jordan wants to "honor his father"...by wearing a pair of shoes? Be respectful, call him on Sundays, give him a nice Father's Day gift...these are just some suggestions that don't include your school losing money they use to pay your teammate's scholarships...kids who didn't grow up with a massively rich father who has been praised and honored and respected every second of the last 30 years.

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One other thing: to the boys in my high school who pranced around in their Air Jordans...they didn't make you better basketball players, get over it.

- Jen


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  • NickT wrote...
    I'm sure the football team will be happy with him
    I'm sure the wrestlers and weightlifting teams will be pleased to introduce him to the inside of his locker, too. Doofus.
    November 6, 2009 9:59 am
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  • QA Chuck wrote...
    Another reminder to Marcus
    You play basketball for Central Florida Freakin' University. Get over yourself already.
    November 6, 2009 10:52 am
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  • LUX wrote...
    Honor...
    Perhaps a better way to "honor" your father would be to be a better player!

    Don't get me wrong, the University of Central Florida IS INDEED a perennial NCAA basketball powerhouse and all! Maybe if you had been able to average more than 10.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game you would have been able to go to UNC or some other school sponsored by Nike!

    No instead your dad will probably have to peal off 3 mill to make up for your idiocy! Way to go doucher!

    November 6, 2009 10:55 am
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  • negascout wrote...
    Apparently he's worth it...
    ... or he would have gotten kicked off the team so they could get the contract. He may not be worth the $3M as a player but as good publicity apparently the team management thought he was worth keeping on, and they can probably get another deal. It's ridiculous for Adidas to ask the son of Michael Jordan to wear something besides Air Jordans, and Marcus would be a terrible son if he did so. Imagine the blitz Adidas would get if they had Marcus Jordan wearing their shoes instead of Air Jordans. Marcus is making the right choice!
    November 6, 2009 11:02 am
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  • LUX wrote...
    @negascout
    I couldn't disagree more. Michael Jordan himself wore Reebok gear for the '92 Dream Team, but he was a man about it and unzipped his team jacket to cover the Reebok logo or whatever. To suggest that Marcus should only tread in his father's sponsorship shoes is ridiculous. On that token I'd expect him to only wear Hanes, and drink Gatorade.
    November 6, 2009 11:16 am
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  • atom_smith wrote...
    I'm siding with Jordan
    I agree that this seems pretty bratty at first, but I think that there's an important caveat. At least according to this story ( http://bit.ly/1kLQbX ), Jordan told the Central Florida recruiters that he would insist on wearing Nike shoes if he came to play for them, and they said that it wouldn't be problem. If this is true, then I think it's hard to blame Jordan for sticking to his guns. You could argue that he should be the bigger man and wear Adidas for the sake of the school, but I think that's asking a lot. I know that if I were up front with somebody about my conditions for joining a team (or taking a job, or whatever), and they agreed to those conditions, and later they tried to back out ... I would be very reluctant to cave in. It sounds to me like the school told Jordan that it would be fine for him to wear Nike shoes without fully clearing it with Adidas, and just hoped that when push came to shove either Adidas or Jordan would back down and everything would work out. But neither of them did, and now the school has lost the contract. It's hard to see why we should fault Jordan any more than we should fault Adidas. It was Central Florida that made an agreement which it was in no position to honor.
    November 6, 2009 11:21 am
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  • LUX wrote...
    The thing is...
    Does Marcus have a Nike sponsorship...no. So then shut up and wear whatever shoe the school is giving you to wear. If MJ could put aside a huge sponsor like Nike to play for his country's Olympic team, his snot nose kid can wear some shoes for a chance to play.

    Really, if this was any other athlete without the name Jordan no one would give a shiz and they would have told him to piss off. Instead everyone makes a huge deal about it and an average player costs a university millions.

    November 6, 2009 11:48 am
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  • drewmcfrizz wrote...
    Air Jordans
    I used to take a lot of pleasure at running Air Jordan wearing douchers off the courts at Greenlake and the IMA back in the day. Losing to a guy wearing Chucks or Batas puts the exclamation point on their futility as athletes and humans. As for this issue, I'm sure UCF is regretting the decision to offer the kid. But I get the feeling Adidas will reconsider because this makes them look petty as well.
    November 6, 2009 12:04 pm
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  • LUX wrote...
    @Drew
    I could also see MJ getting Nike to sponsor the team now. It's not like Mike doesn't have a lot of suction with that mom and pop Oregon company.
    November 6, 2009 1:06 pm
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  • PaulV wrote...
    Who's the doucher?
    I think Adidas ends up looking like the bigger doucher in this story. They could have said that it's only one player, let the kids wear the shoes named after his Dad. If it was really worth 3 million, having only one player not wear the Adidas would make it worth only slightly less than 3 million...no big deal. If getting Marcus to wear the Adidas was the big part of the 3 million, then I guess the whole thing was pretty stupid to begin with. Marcus could have compromised to help out the school, but Adidas still comes out looking worse IMHO. The kid is 18...not something he should be expected to worry about. College sports are a complete racket to begin with, everybody gets rich except the kids actually playing the game.
    November 6, 2009 1:37 pm
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