re: The Unofficial 2018 Non-GS Tennis Thread

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2. Can Nike not pay what Uniqlo will pay? Perhaps this is my US-centric parochialistic provincialism speaking here, but isn't Nike a bigger swinging dick in the athletic apparel game than uniqlo? I mean, I've literally never even seen a uniqlo shirt in person.

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of course Nike can, if anything, but it seems as if they are content with hitching their wagon to the Nadal train going forward if a deal is not reached with RF.

to me, I would think Roger is the type of athlete that would garner a lifetime-type of contract with Nike, not unlike what Lebron signed not long ago. The RF logo is unmistakable and for me, it is tennis as much as the Nadal bull (his logo should be a butt pick, to be honest).

I own and wear a bunch of Uniqlo apparel, just nothing tennis related. The Djokovic kits were amazingly bland and ugly and the Nishikori kits were a weird fit, even for a 'like-nishikori' dude that I am.

They've got cash, but they are no swinging dick like Nike.

Federer to Uniqlo would change the game for them and would flip the tennis apparel world upside down, IMO.