Shawne Merriman Nike Commercial

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cotton

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As I saw this today, with Merriman tackling players from about 8 different teams on the same play to the beat of the Braveheart soundtrack, it occurred to me that there is something a little strange about having a guy who was suspended for taking performance enhancing drugs last year as the shining example of defensive football performance.

Does anybody else see an issue here?
 
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i thought that as well, but then i figured out it was a Nike commercial, so I just changed the channel.
 
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It is pretty funny that Bonds gets blown up for roids, though nothing has been proven. But, Merriman has a positive test and is still a big face for the NFL.
 
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It really is a double standard. I also think it has to do with the fact that public perception of the NFL is more apathetic towards things like cheating, while a lot of MLB fans are traditionalists and purists who like to remember the days when cheating didn't exist, and the game was the game (uh, right).
 
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Merriman and Castillo should be criticized a lot more than they have been. Merriman never even apologized after he tested positive and then talks sh*t about people who criticize him.
 
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People only care about steroids when it comes to baseball players, and even then they really don't care that much until a record is about to be broken.
 
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Merriman's story is well documented, but I guess my problem with it was from an advertising point of view. My initial thought wasn't about his shoes, but rather, "So that's what a little juice can make you do."
 
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UTLCA said:
Merriman and Castillo should be criticized a lot more than they have been. Merriman never even apologized after he tested positive and then talks sh*t about people who criticize him.
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Castillo apologized and has a clause in his contract that if he fails another test, he'll pay back a large sum of money. He did the best possible thing one could do (other than not cheating in the first place). Castillo has my respect

Merriman rip away
 
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I know Castillo's story and I guess he has been criticized a fair amount, especially around the combine and draft, but he did what should be done in his situation.
 
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I said the same thing about Merriman in an earlier thread and got blasted for talking like that about him. Joke of a commercial
 
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hvwarrior58 said:
It is pretty funny that Bonds gets blown up for roids, though nothing has been proven. But, Merriman has a positive test and is still a big face for the NFL.
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this may be because merriman doesn't have the all time td record or something ala bonds homerun record. Still, I believe merriman shouldn't be glorified this much...
 
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utvolpj said:
I said the same thing about Merriman in an earlier thread and got blasted for talking like that about him. Joke of a commercial
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Thats because I don't think it should be up to you to tell me which commercials I do and don't like. I like the commercial. Not because it has Merriman in it or that he took steroids. I just thought it was a cool commercial.
 
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justingroves said:
The idea of the commercial is awesome, the Stephen Jackson one is pretty cool.
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The commercial I saw had both of them. Merriman tackled everybody going one direction, then Jackson ran over them coming from the other.

I simply found it odd to choose Merriman as the centerpiece of that marketing campaign given his recent history.
 
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cotton said:
The commercial I saw had both of them. Merriman tackled everybody going one direction, then Jackson ran over them coming from the other.

I simply found it odd to choose Merriman as the centerpiece of that marketing campaign given his recent history.
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Yeah I've seen them spliced together and then again as two seperate commercials.


It is odd, but in the long run, he was punished by missing 1/4 of the season.
 
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cotton said:
The commercial I saw had both of them. Merriman tackled everybody going one direction, then Jackson ran over them coming from the other.

I simply found it odd to choose Merriman as the centerpiece of that marketing campaign given his recent history.
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agreed. I like Steven Jackson's segment much better anyway
 
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Did anyone else happen to notice how much it seems that Merriman has shrunk since his roids episode???

I think he looks signifigantly less muscular. Still beefed up, but nothing like before, and his play is showing it.
 
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GoVols817 said:
Did anyone else happen to notice how much it seems that Merriman has shrunk since his roids episode???

I think he looks signifigantly less muscular. Still beefed up, but nothing like before, and his play is showing it.
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I sorta noticed this, but just dismissed it as skepticism on my part. But now that there is two of us...
 
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