Even if Nike HQ doesn't move, will the company move on from Oregon University?

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Jan 25, 2022
12:57:26pm

groy All-American

Does Nike support the University the same after Phil Knight?

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groy

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Knight will die- Nike will move. Oregon will become irrelevant. That’s their

SouthernBlueBlood

1/25/22 12:44pm

Why will Nike HQ move?

shimmy

1/25/22 12:46pm

Because Oregon sucks for business

SouthernBlueBlood

1/25/22 12:47pm

What does that have to do with all the slave labor overseas?

mulletino

1/25/22 12:48pm

Taxes- but well said

SouthernBlueBlood

1/25/22 12:49pm

Not for Nike. They're pretty entrenched there. I don't think up and moving is gonna happen. Lots of

shimmy

1/25/22 12:49pm

It will end. Blue states crush what they love like Lenny.

SouthernBlueBlood

1/25/22 12:49pm

Great quote, love that book.

SnickSnack

1/25/22 1:12pm

A new CEO moved Boeing HQ to Chicago. Anything can happen

hdx57

1/25/22 1:37pm

Sure. These guys are acting like its 100% in the bag.

shimmy

1/25/22 1:41pm

Yes. But acting like it can never happen given the business climate in Oregon is equally silly

hdx57

1/25/22 1:45pm

I'm confident they're not going to up and move and abandon oregon overnight while Phil's body is still warm.

shimmy

1/25/22 2:03pm

Your confidence is well meaning and has as much impact as my opinion.

SouthernBlueBlood

1/25/22 2:21pm

LOL. Sure thing. The T&F connection alone means they're not shipping out overnight, let alone

shimmy

1/25/22 2:37pm

But Boeing effectively is still in Seattle. It's really just a small corporate

kos

1/25/22 2:46pm

Even if Nike HQ doesn't move, will the company move on from Oregon University?

groy

1/25/22 12:57pm

To some degree. USA Track and Field, Nike, and the U of O are very tightly tied together.

shimmy

1/25/22 1:26pm

Oregon University?

Tsisquan

1/25/22 7:05pm

Nope just don’t care about the PAC that much.. always just been Oregon to me

groy

1/25/22 7:46pm

Big-12 just raided BYU away from the Pac-12.

Cougarclaw

1/25/22 12:47pm

BYU was never going to the Pac 12

TNT

1/25/22 12:48pm

No, but the Pac 12 is still hurt by BYU going to a conference. They got the

benny1982

1/25/22 12:50pm

Agree on that point

TNT

1/25/22 12:51pm

Why buy the cow when you can

HandwovenBox

1/25/22 12:59pm

Why buy the cow when you get free milk?

Cougarclaw

1/25/22 1:29pm

They treated BYU like a 1 Cow wife and now Johnny Big 12 has married us they say they were cheated

runningryan

1/25/22 1:46pm

The Nike campus is huge. Big investment there. Not moving

WallaX2

1/25/22 12:51pm

I’ve seen far to many companies abandon big facilities they thought would be

SouthernBlueBlood

1/25/22 1:01pm

Like Boeing in Seattle

SnickSnack

1/25/22 1:13pm

Sears tower in Chicago. They realized that being vertical like that was

BYUFBDAD

1/25/22 1:21pm

And then it turned out their new campus didn't solve their issues and ended up

bluesloth

1/25/22 1:49pm

Facilities is an easy sunk cost to walk away from

CougarCanuck76

1/25/22 1:03pm

Companies make huge investments in expensive facilities and then abandon them

Mitty

1/25/22 3:15pm

When Knight dies, what kind of a nest egg will go to Oregon? It will be an

Scratch

1/25/22 12:59pm

I think only one of those things will happen.

neboutefan

1/25/22 1:03pm

Nike will leave Oregon

crimedog

1/25/22 1:20pm

Certainly possible I guess, but when I lived there it seemed like the Nike

neboutefan

1/25/22 2:29pm

This is very much the case. I would say it's getting more that way then less too

Cougar8Duck

1/25/22 2:35pm

No worries, SEC and B1G raiders are coming for the PAC4

ColoSpgs

1/25/22 1:24pm

And this will happen long before Phil's untimely demise

ColoSpgs

1/25/22 1:25pm

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