One point I havent heard is the fact that the labor deal that just expired was based largely on Jordan bringing the league to new heights for both popularity and profitability. Jordan made $2 or $3 mil a year the last five or six years before he made $3o mil. Then newly expired deal paid players based on the newfound popularity for the league that was based largely on MJ himself. These players made tons of money and were overpaid for years because of MJ! He retired, the league suffered and now they cant afford to pay bums $12 mil a year.
Whitlocks racial comments are absurd. He makes it sound like every player in the league bought thousand of pairs of Jordan's and thats why the brand was so successful, and marketing is so easy that Nike just said, "hey we should target inner city black kids" and thats why they bought the shoes. They bought them because MJ was so popular and the kids idolized him not because Nike made them! How come Kobe and Lebron's shoes arent nearly as popular?? If marketing was that easy every company would rake it in like Nike.
And finally, Whitlock is a total moron saying all MJ cares about is the bottom line, when the black players MJ is "trying to stop from succeeding" and Whitlock is defending are compaining that $15 or $20 mil a year isnt enough.
