Is Nike Still Sponsoring Shelby Houlihan?

also, I know this post was from a while back, I'm just catching up.

not trying to pile on wrote:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CVlg880hc8X/

ok not trying to pile on (although-- come on, she's serving a doping ban) but does anyone have the actual answer to this?

It doesn't look like she's at Nike HQ but how does she have the time to train full time without being sponsored as she says she plans to do?

Is she employed there now? what's the 411?

Being connected to the insular running world, even with a ban, probably means a lifetime employment guarantee with Nike.

Yes - I bett they have to keep her happy so she won't reveal anything about the doping scheme.

Of course they are still sponsoring her. What they need to stop is the sweatshops in 2nd and 3rd world countries to produce their products. That's the real problem.

No. All Nike contracts have immediate contract freeze that prevents any money from being paid for a positive drug test. Athlete is not allowed to find a new sponsor. Nike adds the non-compete time to the end of the contract time to prevent athlete from having an option to leave.

Of course. Nike has given no indication at any time that they're against doping.

You'd think with all of the terrible publicity and damage to Nike's brand that Houlihan's ban had that Nike would go out of their way to distance themselves from her. The fact that they haven't done so is really telling.

Other than about a dozen or so ghouls on this board, no one cares if Shelby doped. We want her back at full strength to put the US back on top. Nike should be paying her because she is the greatest female 1500/5000 athlete we have.

Jeff Albertson wrote:

Other than about a dozen or so ghouls on this board, no one cares if Shelby doped. We want her back at full strength to put the US back on top. Nike should be paying her because she is the greatest female 1500/5000 athlete we have.

go back and look up the megathread from last summer. pages and pages of people saying good riddance to the doper. there is very little love for shelby or BTC in general here. shelburrito will never not be funny.

STEVE THE ADDICT^^^^^^""""-""""--'-"--^' wrote:

Of course they are still sponsoring her. What they need to stop is the sweatshops in 2nd and 3rd world countries to produce their products. That's the real problem.

I don’t understand why you talk about sweatshops as a bad thing, but routinely endorse prostitution. Both destroy children’s lives. What’s the deal with that? Definitely a bad look.

Jeff Albertson wrote:

Other than about a dozen or so ghouls on this board, no one cares if Shelby doped. We want her back at full strength to put the US back on top. Nike should be paying her because she is the greatest female 1500/5000 athlete we have.

Not anymore she ain't, and while very good I doubt she was capable of putting the US on top. Even running the race of her life she wasn't able to get onto the podium with the best in the world healthy and present.

And yeah she's been convicted and appeal shot down so it'd be best if she just stepped away for good.

Nike gave her and the rest of the Bowerman and NOP teams drugs. Shelby would have a pretty solid lawsuit if they dropped her.

I love her. I don't know anyone who doesn't love her.

Jambo wrote:

Nike gave her and the rest of the Bowerman and NOP teams drugs. Shelby would have a pretty solid lawsuit if they dropped her.

How do you know that?

As to the OP's question, why would Nike pay a salary to someone that can't compete for the next 3 years? They're not a charity.

She has been running professionally for Nike since late 2015, so she's been getting paychecks for over 6 years. She has had a very successful 6 years, winning a lot of prize money, bonuses for making olympic and world championship teams, as well as American Record bonuses from her 1500 and 5k AR's. Her contract alone would have been over $100k, maybe even more than $200k. Then the prize money and everything else I just said... She did buy a house a few years back, maybe that down payment may have eaten up some of what she saved in that first year or two, but she still likely has well over $100k in the bank or hopefully investments to live off of the next few years, likely way more than $100k. And if she is still receiving Nike checks then she doesn't even have to touch those savings yet until she 'retires'.

jecht wrote:

not trying to pile on wrote:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CVlg880hc8X/

ok not trying to pile on (although-- come on, she's serving a doping ban) but does anyone have the actual answer to this?

It doesn't look like she's at Nike HQ but how does she have the time to train full time without being sponsored as she says she plans to do?

Is she employed there now? what's the 411?

Being connected to the insular running world, even with a ban, probably means a lifetime employment guarantee with Nike.

Yeah, just really trying to figure out what is going on here....

So I know that there are a handful of people for which cheating is like not a big deal at all...but it is in the sports world and if Nike is still offering up income to her in some capacity there is something fishy going on.

Is Shelburrito still a Nike sponsored athlete? Likely no. To CYA Nike would have put a clause in her contract that she is dropped if she tests positive. Is Shelburrito a Nike employee (or employee of a Nike subsidiary) in "product testing" or "product development?" Quite possible. She would be qualified for a job like that and keeping the money coming would be a way to help keep her quiet if there is a systemic doping program at BTC.

Social media and because people love her.