Under Armour or Nike?
STADIUM TALK
Reader Coco Hughes left a couple of comments on a previous article about the NFL Spurs tie-up so given the effort he has put into them I'll bring them to your attention. He is a big Under Armour fan.
The ground was always in conjunction with the NFL. Search Mark Waller. Check his interviews. Read through all you can find. You stated in one article on this site that he is a Spurs fan, but that it will not help us at all. That I believe is incorrect.
Mark Waller got the job at the NFL because of his links to Daniel and Spurs. The NFL were never going anywhere except London. London is Britain in the US. Daniel Levy has pulled off the biggest masterstroke in the Premier league. read all the interviews with Waller, then read between the lines.
The reason the ground took this long, was because the NFL tie up was always there from the very start. Due diligence had to be done. For instance, the interview with Waller, where he says we would have to play back to back games for a franchise etc, that interview was 2014, in 2015 they done back to back games at Wembley.
Olympic stadium was poker. Daniel knew that we would never get it, but also knew how corrupt it was. Throw a million pound at some drawings and barristers etc, kick up a fuss about West Ham are getting nearly a billion of taxpayers money, while Tottenham burns, and grab 50 million from local and central government. 50/1 shot. Paid off handsomely. we were never moving in a million years, but once again slag Levy. He grabbed us 49 million for free, and still he is an arsehole somehow.
Waller got the head of international development, international marketing etc, (or VP or whatever) because he already had an in at Spurs, was a top businessman internationally, a proper Yid, knew Daniel personally and that we needed a new ground. Let's just say, Mark Waller did not sit in the Park Lane, West Stand, and Hi Danny, how's it going.
The NFL wanted a London Franchise, to go Global, Waller gets the job in 2006, with a 15-year plan to get a Franchise in London!!! And lo and behold, The Wembley and Twickenham deals end, 2019 and 2020 respectively, leaving Spurs with a dedicated NFL stadium, and no competitors. Another miraculous coincidence???
If anyone thinks that is coincidence, they gotta be crazy. and all the rest has been done in conjunction with the NFL and Wallers 15 year timeline. Check when he started his job, what his remit was, then check all the dates, and read his interviews. Anyone thinking this is a recent thing in the last couple of years may think again once they read a few interviews with Waller, and the history involved.
The ground took this long because it had to take this long, to prepare for both sports. Waller is a proper Yid, as you stated he came out and said the Yanks don't get it, they don't understand the passion, I love Tottenham and I hate Arsenal. This play was made in 2006 as it benefitted everyone. Yes, been a long time coming, but it is going to be well worth it.
I still do not believe Levy would agree a £50 million Nike deal for shirts and stadium naming rights at this stage. Way too cheap in my opinion, and way too early. I think the tie-up will be worth far more than that. Although the rumour the Nike deal is done it never seems to be ratified anywhere. I would stick with UA.
They are the future. They can easily afford it and are by far the better partner for Spurs going forward. They are the underdog, and their ethos is much better suited to Spurs. Nike are making self-tying shoes, UA are releasing shoes that have a jump test, then tell you how hard to run today, how far you go. UA are athlete focused, Nike are more of a fashion brand now.
UA will change the world we live in. People in the Uk think they are a small time outfit, but nothing could be further from the truth. Every generation has its brands and UA are the future. The fact we are the first generation to pay to stay healthy tells a story.
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Waller has also been with the NFL since 2006, way before THFC and the Stadium were even close to considering a tie up. We partnered with AEG on the Stratford bid and NFL for new White Hart Lane, because Levy wants a partner to spread cost and reduce risk through diversification. But he wouldn't ever have committed us to NFL so long ago, nor waited so long to make he stadium a reality for them.
This article is akin to conspiracy theory in terms of the conclusions it jumps to and the false connections it makes.
Timothy J Leiweke, president and chief executive of AEG, said in a statement: "The stories that AEG is interested in or has been negotiating for the purchase of Tottenham are untrue.
"We currently enjoy a very good business and personal relationship with Tottenham and have been involved with a number of transactions over the years. However, at no time have we had a desire to purchase that club.
"We will continue to have a great relationship with (Tottenham chairman) Daniel (Levy) and Tottenham moving forward."
No, idiot.
Levy didn't get £49million for free, that money "comes from central government" as you correctly stated so it is tax payer money. It isn't "free money" at all, some old granny who can't afford to heat her house may die because those funds were, in your words, conned out of the government. Someones kid may die because the government don't have the money to allocate to the NHS because Spurs and Levy played poker (in your words) with tax payer money! Hypothetical situations sure but not beyond the realms of possibility.
Does it make it right that other people have also conned money out of government for their 'projects'? NO! NEVER! Spurs have my affection because they didn't stoop to the same barrel scrapping lows as other football clubs, now we are trying to find new levels underneath the standards set by the other bottom feeders…
So what if the Spammers got more They got 20 times what Spurs got. If you go to games, tell me Haringey does not need a cash injection. The money was not taken or stolen from the NHS, or old peoples heating funds, it was earmarked for regeneration the second poorest borough in London. You actually been there? Or grab 2 pinyts and a Tottenham Star kebab and run as fast as you can to Seven Sisters. So now Levy is a murderer, for accepting government help in improving the area ffs. Tax payer funded? LMFAO. You shouldn't support Spurs. You are a fuckin tool
WHAT? Lol all day long.