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UCF May Be Shoeless Saturday

Posted by srr50 on November 5th, 2009 under Basketball, Football

When the Central Florida Golden Knights land in Austin for their Saturday contest with Texas, they no doubt will swing by Academy Sporting Goods to pick up some cleats.

That’s because Adidas has discontinued its shoe and apparel contract with the Knights since Michael Jordan’s son won’t wear their shoes.

Marcus Jordan, a freshman on the Golden Knights basketball team, wore a pair of his dad’s Air Jordans in an exhibition game this week. He says he will only wear the Air Jordans since they have a special meaning to his family.


Marcus Jordan says he will wear all Central Florida apparel with the Adidas logo — just not the shoes.

Adidas reacted quickly after the exhibition game, releasing this statement.

“The University of Central Florida has chosen not to deliver on their contractual commitment to adidas,” adidas spokeswoman Andrea Corso wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press. “As a result we have chosen not to continue our relationship with them moving forward.”

Come to think of it, Central Florida can probably skip going by Academy. Phil Knight, never one to turn down an opportunity for publicity, has probably already made a call to the University.

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  1. parlin said:

    November 5th, 2009 at 7:45 am

    “Phil Knight, never one to turn down an oportunity for publicity, has probably already made a call to the University.”

    Helicopters will be involved at some point.

  2. uthookem said:

    November 5th, 2009 at 7:50 am

    Wow…big opportunity for Nike to look good here.

  3. bigdukesix said:

    November 5th, 2009 at 8:40 am

    You failed to close your italics tag I think.

  4. Bob said:

    November 5th, 2009 at 8:48 am

  5. Bob said:

    November 5th, 2009 at 8:51 am

    Is he better than Jeffery?

  6. Blueshorn said:

    November 5th, 2009 at 9:08 am

    I see the acorn didn’t fall far from the tree.

  7. Blake Borron said:

    November 5th, 2009 at 9:15 am

    Yes he’s the talented brother.

  8. WWGDD said:

    November 5th, 2009 at 9:19 am

    Reminds me of my Freshman yr at a DIII program. Adidas was our cleat “sponsor” and some “rep” had us all use his new technology. We sat down after practice one day to have our feet measured for this new foot sizing technology that was built into his/ Adidas’ video camera. We had to sit on the ground and raise each foot separately up to the camera and hold it there for 5-10 seconds each. 2 weeks passed and we still hadn’t received our cleats for season. Coach called Adidas and they told us they had received several calls about this guy from other programs. He had no affiliation with Adidas other than his foot fetish. Most violated I’ve ever felt.

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  10. johnnymac said:

    November 5th, 2009 at 11:18 am

    holy shit @ WWGDD

    That is extremely f’ed up.

    Have you searched the interwebs for a DVD?

    Although I guess you should have put a tramp stamp on your ankles to be able to prove any royalties, no?

  11. Chooky said:

    November 5th, 2009 at 12:56 pm

    The thought of O’Leary staggering around drunk and barefoot on the sideline with every capillary stressed to Defcon 1 is making me want a Guiness.

  12. The General said:

    November 5th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

    The contract was up at the end of the year anyway.

  13. blackscholes said:

    November 5th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    If the Jordan kid is on a scholie, it’s a douche move on his part.

    If he’s not then why the hell is he going to college in Orlando? UNC has Larry Drew’s and Terry Davis’s kid on the team (although to be fair both can play); I’m certain they could make room for a certain someone’s whelp as a walk-on.

  14. CrazyJoeDavola said:

    November 5th, 2009 at 5:18 pm

    Good work, srr. You’ve attracted the attention of a Dutch apparel spam site with this post.

    BC heeft wereldwijd gegaan, vrouwelijke honden!

  15. Question said:

    November 5th, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    Apparently, the kid brought this issue up during his recruitment and UCF agreed to let him wear Jordans. So the team player attack may not be apropos.

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