Skechers Sues Adidas for Unfair Business Practices
I must say that I had a good laugh over this.
"Skechers' lawsuit claims that Adidas' alleged misbehavior has irreparably harmed its footing in the basketball marketplace."
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/23463876/skecher…
I guess those new Matt Kuchar's aren't selling like they thought they would.
the Skechers Air SIngle Mom isn't exactly flying off the shelves.
Skechers, based in Manhattan Beach, California, is seeking recovery of Adidas' "ill-gotten profits, damages for lost sales and diminished brand value and increased advertising and marketing costs, and an injunction preventing adidas from making further illegal, undisclosed endorsement payments to amateur basketball players," according to the lawsuit.
Now, to be fair, Adidas is - by many accounts - about as shady as it gets when it comes to business practices and some of that has been discussed in numerous articles about the ongoing NCAA investigations into basketball, but let's not pretend that Skechers is doing this for both people that wear their shoes on the basketball court.
Sketchy argument, at best.
a KORN song in 2018, you're wrong.
Its not an acroynm at all. Its short for Adolph "Adi" Dassler, the founder of Adidas.
Coming from one of the biggest a**holes on this board. Geesh dude you are soooo thinned skinned. Life must be really hard for you. But hey, if you want to be.... something something something. Get over yourself mate.
This is just attempted payback for losing in the TM lawsuit. The ESPN article correctly points out that 9th circuit reversed one of two preliminary injunctions against Skechers. But that reversal was on a secondary issue (proof of irreparable harm for the injunction remedy). The 9th circuit affirmed infringement rulings for both shoes.
And that case is at preliminary injunction stage. Adidas can (and likely will based on the roadmap in the 9th circuit opinion and very strong dissent) offer more proof as the case proceeds through discovery and trial.
If you read the district court opinion that the 9th circuit was ruling on, it was a woodshed ass kicking by adidas. Skechers did not appeal most of the issues it lost on.
You lost me at 9th circus
I suppose the Bangladeshi 9 year olds just try a little harder when they make the shoes for Adidas...
What I'm saying is that in the world of mainstream market athletic shoes the quality is universally terrible..and the crap sells itself 99% via marketing. Their customer base isn't exactly the most discerning.
That's why the stakes are so high in the game of getting promising players to sign with one shoe company rather than another. And why Adidas literally engaged in a criminal conspiracy to do that. It's all about being the cool, hot shoe worn by cool, hot athletes.
Skechers may never have a chance in this game because so much of their marketing appeal was based on being a comfortable shoe for women rather than a cool shoe for 13 year old boys..but it has very little to do with 'quality'. We've seen Adidas quality at Michigan.
grapes today and they were very sour.
Not a lawyer so would need an mgo lawyer to tell me if I am crazy on this.
if you start digging into tax law as it relates to payments. There are reporting requirements - payments made to non-employee individuals require 1099 reporting to the IRS (unless it's under a certain amount - much less than reported payments.)
I'm no lawyer or CPA, fwiw.
Look for a WR/RB/DE transfer. Maybe a Safety or second OL. Could be 3-5. Safety should stay!
What?
We will take them all, but how
I assumed that the comment "Safety should stay!" meant that it was someone who was going to see significant playing time this year. Which is why I guessed Woods, since people think hes neck and neck with Metellus and probably views himself as a starter.
has never shown anything.
I get that. But I think some of it has to do with the fact that he was once committed to OSU. It would be nice if he had a mutli TD game against them his senior year or something. Its unfortunate to see any player transfer though and I think Walker and Samuels would be a good RB group as upper classman.
Remember that Higdon had 11 att for 19 yds as a freshman and is now looking to have an all big 10 type season. Walker had 20 att for 68 yds and a TD last year. Plenty of time for him find his place in the stable.
LOL, I can't imagine Sketchers has a prayer in this lawsuit but after all the adidas nonsense I wish them the best of luck