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There was also the little matter of a merger between two huge companies that
played heavily into that.
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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
Commercial is. The defense business is HQd in Virginia, and is much heavier in
russkiejedi
1/25/22 7:12pm
There was also the little matter of a merger between two huge companies that
russkiejedi
1/25/22 7:11pm
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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