Nick stole "Not so humble's" girlfriend in high school.
Nick stole "Not so humble's" girlfriend in high school.
boomheadshot wrote:
Nick stole "Not so humble's" girlfriend in high school.
I'm still in high school. Nick is 30. Weird.
As someone who likes to have a lot of control (of what) goes on in my life, Brooks is the right match for me. With Nike, I kind of felt like they rented out the advertising space (on my bib) and were just happy to have me on the list but they never really wanted my input on anything and that was frustrating as a guy who is trying to run a business.
This is almost comical. Does he really think a company with a 70 billion market cap gives a crap about his input.
He' s going to be talking to warren buffet (bh owes brooks) about building the nick symonds brand beyond the 200 running geeks who know nick excists
the beer mile and paris hilton move are just the tip of the ice burg nick has up his sleeve
Nick may floot the idea that berkshire hataway go in on a pizza parlor with him (invest , not for pie , just to claraify)
Not so humble wrote:
Am I ignorant for not drinking the "Nick Symmonds" kool-aid? .
Yes
There is no way Prefontaine would ever have put up with Nike's current BS. I admire Nick's spirit and willingness to take unpopular stands.
"ironic" kudzu in postings wrote:He made a lot of money from his association with Nike. So what? Nick does not like the control and muzzling Nike exercises over its contract athletes.
Nike wants Organization Men. That's the way Nike runs its shop.
You mean a company that pays someone to publicly represent their brand wants to tell him how to publicly represent their brand? Fascism!
I know when I go to work I expect my company to pay me lots of money but not have any influence on what I do or how I do it.
Not so humble wrote:
1) I personally wish we didn't have NDAs... B.S. If you really cared then you would have made sure that your contract didn't have to have one. Just admit you are more concerned with making money than the words that come out of your mouth.
2) I want to have this awesome symbiotic relationship where I give them more brand awareness and they help me grow my brand. Me, me, and me. Oh, did I mention that this would be good for me?
3) My personality has never been about what’s cool and hip. I mean look at my hair, you think this faux hawk I have is hip? This is just what it looks like when I wake up in the morning. And this tan I have is from all of the sun Eugene gets during the winter months.
4) Way to show support for your new coach, he maybe can help you gain 5%.
5) My training is so hard that I have to travel to places that nobody would want to go to. Those places just happen to be in Mexico and Flagstaff.
6) I very, very easily could have found myself in the same position that Leo finds himself in right now. And like the hundreds of other post collegiate athletes out there who don't have even a tenth of the privileges that I do. But I can tell you what, I was sooo smart to have been conceited enough to build my own brand. You know, the Nick Symmonds brand.
7) I'm private, I own a cabin, I have my own publicist, and I pretend to be private, because that is part of the Nick Symmonds brand.
8) These shoes will do for this marketing pitch, but I am so wonderful and the people who work in designing these spikes and other footwear might as well be fired because I know exactly what they need to make. Because if you want to be a great as Nick Symmonds, then you need to wear the same size and model of shoe as me, no matter how much it may hurt your feet.
9) LetsRun took a lesson out of the Nick Symmonds branding book and patted themselves on the back. What step do you do that on? 1,2, and 3?
10) Tiring? How about: Nick and his family went to Vegas, left a company that paid him well for many years, joined another brand that will also pay him well, and is going to Mexico for training.
I just do not get it. Am I ignorant for not drinking the "Nick Symmonds" kool-aid? The guy is so full of bs but people still think that he is some kind of wonderful person. Not saying Nick isn't a nice person but at the end of the day he will say what needs to be said so that he can build his brand (I should say bank account).
Classic LetsRun. Always complaining about how pro track athletes can't make money, and then complaining about how they actually do make money.
Is it so hard to accept that Nick might not be good enough to have his own "brand"? On the men's side, its people like Bolt, Blake, and Farah who have something of a brand. They win races, get multiple medals each championship, and put up great times. People would buy their products. It doesn't make a lot of sense for a huge company to invest in a tiny project for a runner that the general public doesn't care about
Anyone can have a brand if they brand themselves well enough. There are famous runners out there who aren't very fast at all who have just been absurdly good at self-promotion. I'm talking runners who aren't even fast enough to be professional runners but who can make enough money off of shameless self-promotion and blogging because they are good at it.
You can complain about how uncool that is but it's reality. Certainly it's easier to market yourself the faster you are, but making it as a runner isn't about just being fast.
Sorry Dude wrote:
Is it so hard to accept that Nick might not be good enough to have his own "brand"? On the men's side, its people like Bolt, Blake, and Farah who have something of a brand. They win races, get multiple medals each championship, and put up great times. People would buy their products. It doesn't make a lot of sense for a huge company to invest in a tiny project for a runner that the general public doesn't care about
Lots of people have brands without being the best in the world. Ryan Hall is making an enormous amount of money off his brand, even though he was never one of the top marathoners. Think about how much money Yuki Kawauchi could make if he wanted to (wouldn't be surprised at $1M/yr in endorsements and appearance fees), even as a lowly 2:08 guy. Maybe Symmonds is wrong, maybe he's right, but that's his risk to take. I don't see why you need to be so down on a guy for trying to run his business as he sees fit.
Not so humble wrote:
1) I personally wish we didn't have NDAs... B.S. If you really cared then you would have made sure that your contract didn't have to have one. Just admit you are more concerned with making money than the words that come out of your mouth.
2) I want to have this awesome symbiotic relationship where I give them more brand awareness and they help me grow my brand. Me, me, and me. Oh, did I mention that this would be good for me?
3) My personality has never been about what’s cool and hip. I mean look at my hair, you think this faux hawk I have is hip? This is just what it looks like when I wake up in the morning. And this tan I have is from all of the sun Eugene gets during the winter months.
4) Way to show support for your new coach, he maybe can help you gain 5%.
5) My training is so hard that I have to travel to places that nobody would want to go to. Those places just happen to be in Mexico and Flagstaff.
6) I very, very easily could have found myself in the same position that Leo finds himself in right now. And like the hundreds of other post collegiate athletes out there who don't have even a tenth of the privileges that I do. But I can tell you what, I was sooo smart to have been conceited enough to build my own brand. You know, the Nick Symmonds brand.
7) I'm private, I own a cabin, I have my own publicist, and I pretend to be private, because that is part of the Nick Symmonds brand.
8) These shoes will do for this marketing pitch, but I am so wonderful and the people who work in designing these spikes and other footwear might as well be fired because I know exactly what they need to make. Because if you want to be a great as Nick Symmonds, then you need to wear the same size and model of shoe as me, no matter how much it may hurt your feet.
9) LetsRun took a lesson out of the Nick Symmonds branding book and patted themselves on the back. What step do you do that on? 1,2, and 3?
10) Tiring? How about: Nick and his family went to Vegas, left a company that paid him well for many years, joined another brand that will also pay him well, and is going to Mexico for training.
I just do not get it. Am I ignorant for not drinking the "Nick Symmonds" kool-aid? The guy is so full of bs but people still think that he is some kind of wonderful person. Not saying Nick isn't a nice person but at the end of the day he will say what needs to be said so that he can build his brand (I should say bank account).
Dude, take a chill pill.
You are worse than my 90-yr-old mother-in-law who sometimes blows things way out of proportion, but at least she can blame dementia.
Sounds like the ball in Times Square wasn't the only one that dropped on New Year's.
In my constitutionally protected opinion, N.S. is an immature celebrity obsessed attention seeker.
Not so humble wrote:
1) I personally wish we didn't have NDAs... B.S. If you really cared then you would have made sure that your contract didn't have to have one. Just admit you are more concerned with making money than the words that come out of your mouth.
2) I want to have this awesome symbiotic relationship where I give them more brand awareness and they help me grow my brand. Me, me, and me. Oh, did I mention that this would be good for me?
3) My personality has never been about what’s cool and hip. I mean look at my hair, you think this faux hawk I have is hip? This is just what it looks like when I wake up in the morning. And this tan I have is from all of the sun Eugene gets during the winter months.
4) Way to show support for your new coach, he maybe can help you gain 5%.
5) My training is so hard that I have to travel to places that nobody would want to go to. Those places just happen to be in Mexico and Flagstaff.
6) I very, very easily could have found myself in the same position that Leo finds himself in right now. And like the hundreds of other post collegiate athletes out there who don't have even a tenth of the privileges that I do. But I can tell you what, I was sooo smart to have been conceited enough to build my own brand. You know, the Nick Symmonds brand.
7) I'm private, I own a cabin, I have my own publicist, and I pretend to be private, because that is part of the Nick Symmonds brand.
8) These shoes will do for this marketing pitch, but I am so wonderful and the people who work in designing these spikes and other footwear might as well be fired because I know exactly what they need to make. Because if you want to be a great as Nick Symmonds, then you need to wear the same size and model of shoe as me, no matter how much it may hurt your feet.
9) LetsRun took a lesson out of the Nick Symmonds branding book and patted themselves on the back. What step do you do that on? 1,2, and 3?
10) Tiring? How about: Nick and his family went to Vegas, left a company that paid him well for many years, joined another brand that will also pay him well, and is going to Mexico for training.
I just do not get it. Am I ignorant for not drinking the "Nick Symmonds" kool-aid? The guy is so full of bs but people still think that he is some kind of wonderful person. Not saying Nick isn't a nice person but at the end of the day he will say what needs to be said so that he can build his brand (I should say bank account).
Numero 8 seems pretty prescient now...
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The Bayman wrote:
I feel like Nick Symmonds is taking advantage of his platform and fame to raise awareness for causes he finds important to him. Sure he's going to make enemies but he's using his fame in a positive way. I'm not sure how I feel about him doing all these photoshoots or stunts for money, but whatever. It's his life.
Famous? I doubt more than a couple of hundred thousand Americans have even heard of him.