Complaints about Oregon's new court

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Terrance "TJ"

From the video on the link I posted it sounds like it was a lot of Nike's idea.

Originally Posted by chseagle

The arena is named in honor of Phil Knight's son, for one.

Plus a nickname for UO is Nike University.

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.

Peace

[chseagle]

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.

Peace

Phil Knight put $100 million out for the arena to be built.

Coach K Court was done in honor of Coach K at Duke.

Basically in all the articles I've read, UO wanted to be the Boise State of Basketball with the court design.

When did Nike get into court/field designing? I noticed that it was their design team that did the court.

[chseagle]

Here's the initial article I read that made me think of asking everyone.

Distracting glare detracts from first game at Oregon's new arena - The Dagger - NCAAB - Yahoo! Sports

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by chseagle

Here's the initial article I read that made me think of asking everyone.

First time I've ever considered asking someone to stop reading.

[Terrapins Fan]

Ugliest floor I have ever seen.

My son will not play college basketball at Oregon because of that and the fact that he doesn't have that skill set, but if he did......

[Judtech]

JRUT Actually in regards to Coach K court he has a LOT of input into it. He/Duke has been approached countless times about building a NEW Arena and he has repeatedly said he is not interested and if they do he will resign.

Now with regards to Oregon's court. I will be contrarian, I like it.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Judtech

He/Duke has been approached countless times about building a NEW Arena and he has repeatedly said he is not interested and if they do he will resign.

I was there once and couldn't believe how incredibly small it really is.......pretty cool place though.

The money they've lost over these many yrs not building a large, new venue is $much$!

[Judtech]

GRUN - That is debatable. Scarcity of resources etc make getting tickets VERY difficult. My wife and I are on different sides of the issue. (She favoring UNC) But we have always said that for facilities you should pick UNC for game day you should pick DUKE. (And now that Duke has the new practice facilities....I WIN!)

[Adam]

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.

Peace

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.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

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.

I did not say he had no input. I said it might not have been his idea or vision for the court.

Peace

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I did not say he had no input. I said it might not have been his idea or vision for the court.

Peace

Gotcha. I'm leaning towards the fact that it was in fact his vision. For that kind of money, I'd have to be thrilled with the result. Especially if it has my name attached to it. Maybe that's just me.

[BillyMac]

First fan to find Sasquatch among the trees gets a free pedicure, from Matt Groening, during halftime, in the center circle. Really.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Gotcha. I'm leaning towards the fact that it was in fact his vision. For that kind of money, I'd have to be thrilled with the result. Especially if it has my name attached to it. Maybe that's just me.

Maybe you are right, but I heard it was not his vision or original idea. That is why I made the statements as it appeared the symbolism was not a original Nike idea or design (there is no Nike logo or other Nike symbolism on the court). Then again there have been many reports about what actually motivated this and why these kinds of trees and colors were used.

Peace

[chseagle]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Maybe you are right, but I heard it was not his vision or original idea. That is why I made the statements as it appeared the symbolism was not a original Nike idea or design (there is no Nike logo or other Nike symbolism on the court). Then again there have been many reports about what actually motivated this and why these kinds of trees and colors were used.

Peace

Symbolism for the first UO team that won the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, whose nickname was "The Tall Firs".

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Maybe you are right, but I heard it was not his vision or original idea. That is why I made the statements as it appeared the symbolism was not a original Nike idea or design (there is no Nike logo or other Nike symbolism on the court). Then again there have been many reports about what actually motivated this and why these kinds of trees and colors were used.

Peace

From a Yahoo article:

Considering Oregon's deep-rooted ties to Nike, it shouldn't surprise anyone that Tinker Hatfield is the designer of the floor. Hatfield, a former Oregon track and field star and vice president of design and special projects for Nike, designed many of the shoes from the famed Air Jordan line.