On Thursday, Adidas made LGBT athletes more comfortable to publicly confess their sexual orientation by announcing that the contracts for athletes the sportswear company represents will feature a clause assuring the athletes Adidas will not terminate or alter the original contract as a result of their public confessions.
For 11 years Adidas sportswear has been one of the biggest supporters of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). But that relationship has just come to an abrupt end, a direct result, it is said, of the IAAF’s developing doping and corruption scandal.
Adidas enabled more political correctness across the nation on Thursday by offering to pay for free design resources to high schools looking to replace Native American mascots, nicknames, imagery, or symbolism.
Beginning with the 2017-18 season, Adidas reportedly starts making uniforms for all 30 NHL teams.
Adidas lured Houston Rockets guard James Harden away from Nike this week with a 13-year, $200 million offer. Harden’s agent, Rob Pelinka, reported that Nike took a pass on trying to match the offer, so his client soon laces up
The FIFA scandal now enters into the reaction phase as corporate sponsors begin to warn soccer’s governing body that unless the corruption ends their sponsorship will.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter allegedly will not enter the United States due to an FBI investigation over rewarding the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
