Once in for all....Did Levrone have a Nike contract in 1996?

[Royalty]

I spoke to a dude that said that Levrone was in one commercial in 1996 with his hair bleached blonde.

I heard another guy say that Levrone had a deal where he was not paid money but was given free Nike Merchandise.

Beyond that people say that Levrone lied about having a contract.

?

[onlyme]

I would bet he DIDN'T have a contract with Nike.  Doing a commercial is not a contract.  Trading for shoes is something maybe they did on the side.  This is not something they would do regulary.  I remember when LA Shoes first came out.  They offered free shoes to anyone who came in to read.  The mistake they made was handing out the shoes before you read.  Well the phones were ringing to everyone.  I went in 3 different times to grab shoes.  I called my friends and they went down and got free shoes.  It was awesome.  WHen I did the Apple COmputer commercial I asked if I could have a computer.  They of course said no.  But the paychecks I got after that were ALLOT better.

[ribonucleic]

An athletic shoes contract would make more sense for an athlete who didn't, you know, stand in place when competing. 

[SAMSON123]

An athletic shoes contract would make more sense for an athlete who didn't, you know, stand in place when competing. 

IT WOULD MAKE NO SENSE AT ALL ...ESPECIALLY SINCE THE ATHLETE IS BARE FOOT DURING THE COMPETITION....DUH

AN ATHLETE DOES HOWEVER NEED FOOTWEAR WHILE TRAINING...AND IF THE FOOTWEAR IS MANUFACTURED WITH THE WEIGHTTRAINER/BODYBUILDER IN MIND AS WELL AS THE RIGOROUS PUNISHMENT THE FOOTWEAR HAS TO ENDURE DURING TRAINING: LEG PRESSES, CALF RAISES, SQUATS, ETC ETC..THEN IT WOULD BENEFIT THE MANUFACTURER TO MARKET THESE SHOES TO THE PUBLIC BY WAY OF THE ATHLETE, AND WOULD THEREFORE WARRANT A CONTRACT.

[Special Ed]

Hopefully this will set the record straight.

Kevin Levrone had an $18Million Dollar Nike contract. Their one-month agreement was that Kevin would wear a Nike t-shirt to the Olympia Press Conference so that it would be seen on ESPN and major media outlets all over the globe. It was a one-shot deal aimed at giving Nike some free product placement on a scale that their Michael Jordan commercials could only have hoped to achieve. The deal was signed on October 1, 1996 and everything was going smoothly.

Nike sent Kevin a blue and orange Nike t-shirt and he tried it on a few times, but didn't want to risk wearing it during a 'hardcore baby' workout so he kept in his gym locker. Problem was that he failed to pay his gym dues and they repoed the gym locker, Nike shirt and all. Kevin tried to get the shirt back but it went for $18.31 on ebay and he figured that was just crazy. So he went to Foot Locker to get a similar shirt and found one with the same colors and the same fit. Sure, it was a Reebok shirt and all, but the Reebok upside-down swooshes looked pretty similar to the Nike logo so he figured no one would notice. He wore the blue and orange Reebok shirt to the press conference and did his best to cover up the logo.

All was going well until Shawn accidentally spilled his Evian bottle on Kevin's lap. Kevin jumped up and the camera zoomed in on him with his hands swiping the water off his groin and the Reebok logo there for the world to see. That night on ESPN Sportscenter, they showed the infamous "water spillage" controversy over and over and over again at 11pm, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 am, and each time showed the camera zooming in on the infamous Reebok stripes. Nike executives were furious, and while they succeeded in forcing ESPN to destroy the footage, the damage was already done. Reebok sales surpassed Nike for the first time in Q4 1996, and never looked back.

Nike, which had already sent Kevin the check put a 'Stop Payment' on it, but Kevin thought he had gotten away with it and deposited the check anyway. The day Kevin found out the 18M check had bounced was one of the saddest days in his life, only made sadder when his brother showed up to console him in a brand new blue and orange Nike shirt he had just purchased on ebay.

So now you guys know. Let's just let it rest now, okay?

Special "Crikey" Ed

[Parker]

It was stated by MrMD2003, that Kevin wanted to sign but because he was a Weider athlete, Weider didn't want Kev signing with anybody else,

[gordiano]

Hopefully this will set the record straight.

Kevin Levrone had an $18Million Dollar Nike contract. Their one-month agreement was that Kevin would wear a Nike t-shirt to the Olympia Press Conference so that it would be seen on ESPN and major media outlets all over the globe. It was a one-shot deal aimed at giving Nike some free product placement on a scale that their Michael Jordan commercials could only have hoped to achieve. The deal was signed on October 1, 1996 and everything was going smoothly.

Nike sent Kevin a blue and orange Nike t-shirt and he tried it on a few times, but didn't want to risk wearing it during a 'hardcore baby' workout so he kept in his gym locker. Problem was that he failed to pay his gym dues and they repoed the gym locker, Nike shirt and all. Kevin tried to get the shirt back but it went for $18.31 on ebay and he figured that was just crazy. So he went to Foot Locker to get a similar shirt and found one with the same colors and the same fit. Sure, it was a Reebok shirt and all, but the Reebok upside-down swooshes looked pretty similar to the Nike logo so he figured no one would notice. He wore the blue and orange Reebok shirt to the press conference and did his best to cover up the logo.

All was going well until Shawn accidentally spilled his Evian bottle on Kevin's lap. Kevin jumped up and the camera zoomed in on him with his hands swiping the water off his groin and the Reebok logo there for the world to see. That night on ESPN Sportscenter, they showed the infamous "water spillage" controversy over and over and over again at 11pm, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 am, and each time showed the camera zooming in on the infamous Reebok stripes. Nike executives were furious, and while they succeeded in forcing ESPN to destroy the footage, the damage was already done. Reebok sales surpassed Nike for the first time in Q4 2006, and never looked back.

Nike, which had already sent Kevin the check put a 'Stop Payment' on it, but Kevin thought he had gotten away with it and deposited the check anyway. The day Kevin found out the 18M check had bounced was one of the saddest days in his life, only made sadder when his brother showed up to console him in a brand new blue and orange Nike shirt he had just purchased on ebay.

So now you guys know. Let's just let it rest now, okay?

Special "Crikey" Ed

HAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Classic!

[gordiano]

It was stated by MrMD2003, that Kevin wanted to sign but because he was a Weider athlete, Weider didn't want Kev signing with anybody else,

You don't really believe that, do you?

[davidpaul]

Hopefully this will set the record straight.

Kevin Levrone had an $18Million Dollar Nike contract. Their one-month agreement was that Kevin would wear a Nike t-shirt to the Olympia Press Conference so that it would be seen on ESPN and major media outlets all over the globe. It was a one-shot deal aimed at giving Nike some free product placement on a scale that their Michael Jordan commercials could only have hoped to achieve. The deal was signed on October 1, 1996 and everything was going smoothly.

Nike sent Kevin a blue and orange Nike t-shirt and he tried it on a few times, but didn't want to risk wearing it during a 'hardcore baby' workout so he kept in his gym locker. Problem was that he failed to pay his gym dues and they repoed the gym locker, Nike shirt and all. Kevin tried to get the shirt back but it went for $18.31 on ebay and he figured that was just crazy. So he went to Foot Locker to get a similar shirt and found one with the same colors and the same fit. Sure, it was a Reebok shirt and all, but the Reebok upside-down swooshes looked pretty similar to the Nike logo so he figured no one would notice. He wore the blue and orange Reebok shirt to the press conference and did his best to cover up the logo.

All was going well until Shawn accidentally spilled his Evian bottle on Kevin's lap. Kevin jumped up and the camera zoomed in on him with his hands swiping the water off his groin and the Reebok logo there for the world to see. That night on ESPN Sportscenter, they showed the infamous "water spillage" controversy over and over and over again at 11pm, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 am, and each time showed the camera zooming in on the infamous Reebok stripes. Nike executives were furious, and while they succeeded in forcing ESPN to destroy the footage, the damage was already done. Reebok sales surpassed Nike for the first time in Q4 2006, and never looked back.

Nike, which had already sent Kevin the check put a 'Stop Payment' on it, but Kevin thought he had gotten away with it and deposited the check anyway. The day Kevin found out the 18M check had bounced was one of the saddest days in his life, only made sadder when his brother showed up to console him in a brand new blue and orange Nike shirt he had just purchased on ebay.

So now you guys know. Let's just let it rest now, okay?

Special "Crikey" Ed

yeah i remember that.

[The_Hammer]

LoL at 18 million dollar contract.

[300]

Reebok sales surpassed Nike for the first time in Q4 2006, and never looked back.

Q4 1996.

[MRMD2003]

Kev had contract setup with Nike. However, it never came to be. I was told that Weider got in the way of that happening.

[Special Ed]

Q4 1996.

300,

You're hired as my new proofreader. Thanks~

[ManBearPig...]

you guys are gayer than aids.

there was that blonde track runner in the 96 olympics, who was blax.  i forget his name.  he didn't really look like kevin.  well, they did both look like chimps at the time.

[Special Ed]

you guys are gayer than aids.

LOL! Gayer than AIDS. Brutal mocking of the walking dead.

Special "Do you rent or pwn?" Ed