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It's a laughable idea that he wasn't "putting food on the table" before. That kind of emotional appeal is ridiculous. Nobody made him have kids that he has to "put food on the table" for. It's not like he's some impoverished, homeless person with no recourse but to accept a Nike contract. You guys are equally laughable.
One can argue that biologically he is forced to reproduce . Who knows how deep the need to reproduce goes on a unconscious level .
This discussion is kinda hilarious , People who dont even work in the skate business are telling people who work in the skate business who they can skate for or not skate for . How much money they should make and now even if they should have kids or not
If Nike started making defibrillators that were 100% to save life , Do you think doctors , paramedics would discussing the use of them justified cause they are not Core ? and would put core defibrillator brands out of business . Sure they save lifes but you dont want to be a poser paramedic . you want be CORE
Howard and Carrol started a board company , but they made clothes aswell within Girl . Why are they cutting in on Skate clothes market ? they went even further by starting a shoe , truck and clothes company . Why are they cutting in on other shoe , truck and clothes companies when they make boards ?
Nike makes shoes in pretty much every sport and activities . Why is it weird for them to make shoes for skateboarding ? isnt Nike making shoes more Core then Girl making shoes ? �I mean Nike is a shoe company and girl is a board company
At the end of the day ( in this thread ) �We have Skateboarders , hating on Skateboarder making money and a career �for themselves , and what is worse these people hating are not even part of the Industry
This is the problem with your arguments: you think criticism of someone means condemnation or hatred of that person. It doesn't. It only means you disagree with their professional choices. Making this an issue of someone being able to "put food on the table" or not is an insincere exaggeration and an overblown appeal to emotion. Guy Mariano did not have to sign to Nike for basic survival or even more than basic survival. He made a professional choice that some of us think was not good.
The bigger question is what do we know ? How much was Lakai paying him ? were they paying him ? maybe he hadent gotten paid in months ? Maybe he wants both his kids to go to Harvard ? maybe his kids are super sick and need expensive and constant medical care ? Maybe his parents or his wifes parents owe alot of money to banks ?
People leave companies all the time , we ask why since its a good company . Afew months later we find out everybody hated eachother , people were not getting paid , another company bought the company and was meddling . and so on .
I know alot of people hate on nike . But when you break it down Adidas and Nike make the best shoes in the skateboard industry . I think its very short sighted to call out pros for skating for them .
Nike and Adidas has the best paychecks , supports their riders the most with trips and exposure . They have some of the best videos , filmers , And they have the best quality shoes . I kinda think its crazy not to ride for a company that has all this
You guys are saying " just wait for the bad times , and nike will pull out of skating and leave everybody high and dry " So what if they do ? how many skater owned companies have done this ? How many board companies have just screwed over skaters , or dumped the whole team and dissapered . Skateboard companies have always screwed over skaters with quality and skateboard pros with business
Got tons of interviews of people getting fucked by royalties , % of sales , ownership over shoe models . Company owners fucking over
other owners , stealing money . Companies randomly closing , debts
You could even make the case that Nike should fuck over the skateboard industry to fit into the industry