Blog-post #6 : Summary and Analysis of an Article

NFL Prospect JJ Nelson never 

offered a deal by Adidas

     In the article, "JJ Nelson: Adidas never offered deal", written by Darren Rovell, the main argument is that NFL prospect, JJ Nelson, is being treated very unfairly. At this year's NFL combine, Adidas basically promised they would pay the top three fastest players who ran the 40-yard dash in their shoes and signed a contract before running $100,000 as a prize for endorsing their company. The speaker of this article (the author) is advocating athletes over organizations. In this case, it would be JJ Nelson over Adidas. Rovell writes, "An Adidas news release said that the offer was 'open to athletes who sign with Adidas prior to running their official 40 yard dashes later this month,' but Nelson said he was never given the chance to sign with the brand," The author is mainly suggesting that Nelson was treated unreasonably because Adidas was not persistent in giving him a chance to sign the endorsement deal. In addition to that, he is also hinting in to the readers of this article that if Nelson was given the opportunity to sign the contract, he probably would have. By and large, Rovell's belief is that JJ Nelson is receiving very unjust treatment by Adidas. 

     

     Personally, I believe Rovell is correct for several reasons. In my opinion, nobody was at fault for this except for Adidas. To begin with, Adidas never communicated with Nelson that in order to receive the $100.000 he had to sign an endorsement deal. On top of that he was never even given a contract to sign in the first place. To make it seem like Adidas was wrong, Rovell incorporated multiple quotes from JJ Nelson. Nelson said, "I signed some waiver at some point, but I was never given a chance to sign an endorsement deal," Another strategy Rovell used was reiterating the idea that Nelson did in fact get the best time in the 40- yard dash. Rovell writes, "Former UAB receiver JJ Nelson, who ran the fastest overall time at the NFL combine, is confused why he doesn't have $100,000 in his pocket." In a way, he makes you feel sympathetic toward Nelson considering he was gypped of $100,000. Considering the evidence shown, I strongly believe that JJ Nelson truly deserved  to receive the cash prize and that what happened to him was very unjust.