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GOAT Roger Federer leaves Nike for Uniqlo apparel

henhowc

henhowc

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Was being discussed in the Wimbledon OT:

http://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/...rel-wimbledon-opener-ending-apparel-deal-nike

The 36-year-old great walked out for his opening-round match at Wimbledon on Monday morning wearing a headband, jacket, shirt and socks from the Japanese brand Uniqlo. Federer, who had been wearing Nike since 1994, was still wearing Nike shoes.

Sources say the deal is worth more than $300 million guaranteed over 10 years and has an unprecedented clause that says that Federer will collect the money even if he doesn't play.

To put Federer's $300 million Uniqlo deal in perspective, his career on-court earnings are $116.6 million.
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CesareNorrez

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I read that Mirka designed that RF symbol. Don't know if it true, but if so wonder how she feels.
 
WascallyWabbit

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maybe we'll get some Fed apparel I can actually afford, some of those nike prices were insane for the on-court stuff
 
Dellow Felegate

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Sources say the deal is worth more than $300 million guaranteed over 10 years and has an unprecedented clause that says that Federer will collect the money even if he doesn't play.
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I'd sign the deal and never play again. This is one of many, many reasons that I'm not an elite level athlete.
 

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UNI QLO is a funny brand name to Chileans, lol.
 
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Qvoth

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I love Uniqlo's stuff, this is great!
300 million even if he doesn't play is an insane deal, the true goat athlete
 
hordak

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so he could retire but he has to walk around in their clothes and stuff, i imagine.

also how do you make $120 million in tennis???? that's $6 million a year. in tennis.
 
Dommo

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Always loved Federer's Nike getups, so this feels a little weird. Still, I wear like 80% Uniqlo in my day to day life. Absolutely love its comfort, simplicity, no bullshit-look, price etc. and this Wimbledon design is pretty great. It's hard to fuck up the all-white Wimbledon look though, so we'll have to wait and see if Feds still looks fresh in the coming tournaments.

Rushersauce said:
UNI QLO is a funny brand name for a Chilean, lol.
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Did I miss out on the in-joke here?
 
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motherless

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Dommo said:
Always loved Federer's Nike getups, so this feels a little weird. Still, I wear like 80% Uniqlo in my day to day life. Absolutely love its comfort, simplicity, no bullshit-look, price etc. and this Wimbledon design is pretty great. It's hard to fuck up the all-white Wimbledon look though, so we'll have to wait and see if Feds still looks fresh in the coming tournaments.

I would love if marketing used your Slogan "uniqulo... no bullshit-look"

Did I miss out on the in-joke here?
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NekoNeko

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hordak said:
so he could retire but he has to walk around in their clothes and stuff, i imagine.

also how do you make $120 million in tennis???? that's $6 million a year. in tennis.
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because tennis is huge? he won most of his tournaments before the explosion of tournament prize money, if he was 10 years younger he would've made 200 million easily.
 

DeltaRed

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We're seeing people play on in lots of sports at high levels for longer now but this deal seems to be pushing it, they'll be lucky if he's playing in 5 years let alone 10.
 
Mr. Sam

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Not to sound too much like a salesman but Uniqlo make decent exercise clothes for a fraction of the price of Adidas and Nike. I'd say my Adidas and Nike stuff is marginally better, but for the price...
 
Ryuelli

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I don't know anything about Tennis but I do love Uniqlo and I'm up for anything that causes it to continue to grow and eventually open a store in Houston.
 
The Fabled Englishman

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hordak said:
so he could retire but he has to walk around in their clothes and stuff, i imagine.

also how do you make $120 million in tennis???? that's $6 million a year. in tennis.
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It's probably safe to say that he is the most successful male tennis player of all time. I'm surprised it's that low although I guess prize money has exploded over the past few years.

Tennis is still enormous outside the United States.
 

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Dommo said:
Always loved Federer's Nike getups, so this feels a little weird. Still, I wear like 80% Uniqlo in my day to day life. Absolutely love its comfort, simplicity, no bullshit-look, price etc. and this Wimbledon design is pretty great. It's hard to fuck up the all-white Wimbledon look though, so we'll have to wait and see if Feds still looks fresh in the coming tournaments.



Did I miss out on the in-joke here?
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I mean, if you're not Chilean, of course.

Wait, lemme fix that. I just noticed.
 
Invisible Cities

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I like Uniqlo, but their workout/technical clothes suck. They need to work on that in addition to spending on sponsorships.

Nike has way better performance apparel.
 
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