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BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:28 pm
by Shock Defeat
On his Twitter account Tuesday morning, Avenatti wrote, "Ask Deandre Ayton and Nike about the cash payments to his mother and others. Nike’s attempt at diversion and cover-up will fail miserably once prosecutors realize they have been played by Nike and their lawyers at [the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner]. This reaches the highest levels of Nike." Ayton played collegiately for one year at Arizona before becoming the first pick in the NBA draft last year. Avenatti included no specifics to back up his allegation.
https://sports.yahoo.com/michael-avenatti-goes-on-offensive-on-twitter-claims-deandre-ayton-nike-involved-in-cash-payments-135228103.htmlI thought it was known that the school paid Ayton but now a big time corporation is also paying players.
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:29 pm
by Mamba Mentality
Avenatti included no specifics to back up his allegation.
Let's keep it moving.
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:31 pm
by Arteezy
BREAKING: Nike abuses kids for manufacturing their shoes.
BREAKING : Nike banned Kaepernick from the NFL, then sided with him when it was cool.
POS brand with no morals whatsoever.
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:31 pm
by JoeyMorgan619
A star college player was paid under the table?!?! So they paid him for a 1st round exit. Money well spent.
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:33 pm
by SalmonsSuperfan
in other words:
celebrity attorney, recently indicted for alleged extortion of nike, claims without proof that nike paid deandre ayton when he was at arizona
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:33 pm
by DusterBuster
Avenatti.... That guy is doing anything and everything he can to stay relevant. I'm having a hard time finding him credible.
That said, even if this is true, I have a hard time getting outraged by these "scandals". I just don't care if a big corporation pays a college kid.
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:36 pm
by DirtyDez
Clickbait garbage.
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:37 pm
by clyde21
Archaic NCAA rules won't stop actual (black) markets from formulating...the NCAA needs to get their **** heads out of their collective asses and allow these players to make money off their own names so they don't do it under the table like this.
such a joke that this is still even a debate in 2019.
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:37 pm
by Antinomy
Good. Hope he isn’t the only one.
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:38 pm
by clyde21
Arteezy wrote:BREAKING: Nike abuses kids for manufacturing their shoes.
BREAKING : Nike banned Kaepernick from the NFL, then sided with him when it was cool.
POS brand with no morals whatsoever.
this just in: giant companies built through unabated capitalism have no values or morals
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:40 pm
by Pinkyring
Is az a nike school? If nike paid so well whyd he sign a deal with puma? Im so confused
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:45 pm
by SalmonsSuperfan
clyde21 wrote:Archaic NCAA rules won't stop actual (black) markets from formulating...the NCAA needs to get their **** heads out of their collective asses and allow these players to make money off their own names so they don't do it under the table like this.
such a joke that this is still even a debate in 2019.
sooner or later it's going to make more sense for the NBA to funnel prospects through the gatorade league than through the NCAA. in my mind, that's far likelier than the NCAA ever allowing its players to earn money either through a wage or through endorsements.
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:48 pm
by picc
I hope the NCAA gets fined for this.
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:51 pm
by InsideInfo
SalmonsSuperfan wrote:in other words:
celebrity attorney, recently indicted for alleged extortion of nike, claims without proof that nike paid deandre ayton when he was at arizona
This....he is a joke and trying to cling to anything that keeps him in the news.
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:01 pm
by Ferulci
Who cares ?
If it's true, good for Ayton. Keep gettin dem checks !
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:03 pm
by Capn'O
As it should be.
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:06 pm
by TheGOATWill
Nike pays the coach and school. They better be paying players.
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:12 pm
by SupaManu
Nike sucks but i wouldn't listen to a word this garbage lawyer Avenetti says.
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:12 pm
by cdubbz
I don’t get why Nike would do that? There is zero appeal is Ayton. Did it help Arizona? Was it even worth it
Re: BREAKING: Nike PAID DeAndre Ayton when he was at Arizona
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:30 pm
by GoCeltics123
Didn't the FBI ruling already reveal this? I remember them saying that Nike and other shoe companies pay high school basketball players to wear their stuff and then sign officially when they go pro.