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By: Tyrone

Tyrone — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:22:06 +0000

Michael Jordan is a class act. I hope they resolve this quickly and not drag his brand into something unsavoury.

By: MJ Supporter

MJ Supporter — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:12:07 +0000

@Jay – YOu should be the legal defense for Nike. That makes a lot of sense. “Air Jordan Hall of Fame” is not necessarily “NBA Hall of Fame”.

Jordan should step in and tell them both to eat it, and make a crap load of money marketing the products himself.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:07:39 +0000

A hall of fame (sometimes HOF) is a type of museum established for any a field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field.

There are MANY “Halls of Fame” : Astronaut, Avation, Music, Jazz, Blues, Banjo, Grammy, Polka, Mascot, Radio, Robot, along with MANY MANY Sports, and at least a few dozen more.

SportsFuzion has the rights for the “Basketball Hall of Fame”

Nike is creating an “Air Jordan Hall of Fame” Collection.

SportsFuzion does NOT have the rights to the shorter more inclusive “Hall of Fame” name. But they seem to be linking “Air Jordan” to mean “Basketball”.

As long as Nike doesn’t add “Basketball” to their “Air Jordan Hall of Fame” then SportsFuzion will not win this case.

Jordan does not have an exclusive contract with the Hall of Fame nor does he have one with the NBA anymore. Nike does need to get anyones approval for what they wish to make… only the wording they use.

By: mizatt

mizatt — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:55:15 +0000

@MJ Supporter, if they paid for exclusive rights, they should get exclusive rights. Going head to head with Nike would be a nightmare for them. That’s why they paid for these rights in the first place four years ago.

@jamEs, yeah, you’re a moron, this is a business

By: jamEs

jamEs — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:23:10 +0000

Michael Jordan and Nike are inextricably linked. I could see Nike suing Sportsfuzion for even thinking of creating clothes associated with Jordan. MJ practically brought Nike into the mainstream in the early 90′s.

By: Edge

Edge — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:20:08 +0000

A contract is a contract. They are protecting their rights which they paid for and signed a contract for. They are suing for breach of contract, which is well within their rights. Regardless of how you feel about it, it is valid complaint. Besides, who would buy some other brands shoes when they can get the “Air Jordan HOF Edition” from Nike?

Business is business, and they are there to make a profit. Don’t buy their crap if you don’t like what they are doing, but they are well within their legal rights.

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By: jamesisabozo

jamesisabozo — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:43:54 +0000

jamEs, your a moron.

By: MJ Supporter

MJ Supporter — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:06:19 +0000

This company is obviously just trying to capitalize on Michael Jordan’s success and induction into the hall of fame. And that is fine as that how the business side of sports works. But they should just compete with Nike head to head instead of trying to believe they (or anyone else for that matter) should have “intellectual property rights” over Michael Jordan’s greatness.

If anything, MJ himself should be the exclusive person to sell his Jordan brand clothes on his hall of fame induction

By: Ed The Sports Fan

Ed The Sports Fan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:00:43 +0000

So I’m not sure what the big deal is…Nike’s not allowed to celebrate their greatest athlete of all-time making the Hall-of-Fame because they have some “exclusive” rights? I’m pretty sure Nike’s not that dumb that they would try to sell some official Hall-of-Fame gear that would conflict with that agreement.

In fact, aren’t the Leroy Smith commercials doing everything to promote LEROY into the hall-of-fame? LOL…they’re nuts.

-Ed.