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Originally Posted by JRutledge
My point is even if it has some Nike influence, that does not mean they were the ones that said this was the exact direction the court design should be. The building of course donated but Knight, but a lot of arenas are often named after people or having little to do with name of the arena. Like "The Summit" or "Coach K Court." I think it is possible that someone else at that university said this was a good idea and the designers were helping them out.
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Doing it in honor of someone is different than doing it in response to a $100 mm donation. $100 mm buys you a lot more than just the name; and I'm not sure Oregon does anything without Phill Knight's permission. You get a sugar daddy that prolific, you tend to run things by him at the very least.
Maybe it was their idea and he just signed off on it, but I'd bet he had a lot of input.