The World Surf League's President of Content, Media etc. can't stand a dull contract mind. Which pro will feel his rage first?
There are too many best parts of our World Surf League President of Content, Media, Deleted Rants, Etc. Erik “ELo” Logan’s open letter to pop star Taylor Swift, yesterday, but if I was forced to pick one line it would be this:
“I’m not going to sit on the sidelines and allow you to re-write history and bend the truth to justify your lack of understanding of a business deal.”
Ms. Swift, as I very much hope you read yesterday, called out Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun for acquiring the rights to her back catalog. Many celebrities and personalities jumped into the fray, forming up Team Taylor and Team Scooter and our President was very much on the later, taking hours out of his High Castle schedule to let the pop star know exactly what he thought.
And fascinating because we haven’t had an entirely clear picture of which direction President ELo will attempt to tug professional surfing but his letter contains clues. Thoughts and ideas we can, must, parse for small truths.
Understanding a business deal, for example, seems extremely important to our President but this is professional surfing and it makes me wonder which professional surfer will find her or himself on the pointy end of a piqued missive first?
Who has the worst business mind on tour (either Championship or Qualifying level)?
Who invests poorly? Who puts her money in dumb places? Who signs bad deals then barks loudly yet ignorantly?
Sure, sure, me too but we’re not on tour.
So which professional surfer will get called out before all others on the World Surf League’s official Twitter account?
My money is on Michael Rodrigues but, again, I put it in dumb places.
If we’re looking back to the past… it is worth mentioning Bobby Martinez, right? Not exactly the industry darling after his truth to power rants… and that’s why we (I) love him…
not sure his commentary ship is the right way up but Im happy he’s financial again
Pottz clothing line didn’t really take off (Kelly take note). They were, however, sending 1000 boards a year to Japan. I think it was Stuart Darcy back then, not blue hawaii.
Why so angry with so much “winning” going on?
Native Americans have yet to establish their genetic superiority in the realm of sport. That’s why you never hear “Indians were enslaved in America long before Africans arrived and you never hear word about that, so fuck you, fuck the whiney li’l multi-millionaire oppressed bitch Kaepernick and fuck all of you…..and get the fuck off my land.”. They lack a platform. I guess you could always pass out literature at the casinos?
Don’t forget to tell Chinook tribal members to “fuck off” too. The Pacific Northwest had quite the fluid slavery concept long before Europeans set foot on soil here. Plenty of salmon, lots of dialect variations. Of course native Americans justify their slavery culture by saying that slaves were absorbed into the tribe. The Cherokee held many African slaves and even formally allied with the Confederates. Sacajawea was a slave. Good thing she met Lewis and Clark.
Maybe everyone should leave this land and let the bison, birds and bees have it all for themselves.
congress definitely needs term limits. all for it.
And congressional members should not receive salary for life payments after they retire. 100% life pension is ridiculous.
I hope Dan Crenshaw runs in 2024. The guy brings solutions. Like a true SEAL, he works the problem. Smart guy. Sharp.
Of the ex world champs i think it could well be Sunny Garcia.
In hindesight since his incident anyway.
I’m pretty sure Kaepernick didn’t “make” Nike do anything. As one of the most successfully marketed brands ever, they know who buys their stuff. I don’t think the middle-aged conservative white racist demographic is a big concern to them. The ironic part is how Nike will somehow turn this flag shoe thing into a brand win.
I believe the Wsl is gearing up for a full on advertising campaign coming into the Olympics like you’ve never seen before…..to ‘sell’ surfing……to the masses… ..
I wouldn’t worry about it, roller hockey didn’t take off either.
I think the discussion was reignited last week.
The recent narrative entwining Ms. Rapinoe and Mr. Trump began on Tuesday, when the soccer magazine 8 by 8 tweeted a video clip excerpted from a January interview in which she was asked whether she was looking forward to going to the White House, assuming the national team won this summer.
from the NYT’s.
Hey, I get what your saying, I think that American’s show their support for America in their own way, I don’t think that any one person or jingoistic behavior is the right way.. I am proud to be an American, a history major who loves to read about the exploits of our men in uniform and others, but I hate the spoiled American traits of our travelers and entitled lack of understanding of others. (For instance, I am so sick of Americans that rip immigrants. Those people are walking 3000 miles to get a fucking job, when I can’t get kids to cross town because they don’t have a fucking car.. walk you little shits. ) I think the greatest thing an American can do for America is protest tyranny.. and that is a bit of what has happened to the presidency, starting with Bush’s executive orders and extended with Obama and now back with Trump.. they are bypassing the legislative bodies and boom we have tyrants going back and forth using agencies for policy promotion.
Good on the protester.. I am too lazy to protest and have Mine, Mine, Mine, so why would I protest.
And his mate will get paid… double ouch
Sounds about right to me
I had 2 fucks to give. Gave both to my wife.
Lots of nasty nonsense from the libertarian/pretend patriot/slap-happy capitalist end. Jeez, what a diatribe. Did someone steal your MAGA hat?
We used to say that in Oz about NFL . Oh they are stopping the game again for a commercial break . That’s nice …
This just in. E-Lo has dethroned Jay Z who had for the past 23 years been the reigning and undisputed champion of being rich without possessing a single ounce or milligram of artistic talent.
He’s got 99 bitches but he says he’s got one.
By torturing us during WSL broadcasts?
The US Women’s Team only generated $73 million in revenue last year. The Men’s Team generated upwards of $750 million or more, I can’t remember the exact figure. But it’s simple economics. Can’t pay them what they want unless they want 1 more year of a career before bankruptcy of the Women’s National Team.
don’t think those are right, just heard an NPR news thing on the case. I will try to link it.
RAFIEYAN: Except new audited financial reports that surfaced this week found that the U.S. Soccer Federation has been taking in more money from women’s soccer than men’s soccer. Between 2016 and 2018, the women’s team brought in nearly $51 million from things like ticket sales, advertising, while the men’s team brought in only $50 million. All of a sudden, the economic argument about athlete pay starts to fall apart.
https://www.npr.org/templat…
Here’s the article I was referencing.
https://www.forbes.com/site…
got ya, i think they were just comparing these two teams and what they pull in.. adding the outside sources changes things. but for instance, the men didn’t make this coming world cup so they won’t get any of that 7-9% what may be. I think the yearly pay on non world cup years is what they are talking about in that podcast. Don’t get me wrong, I think wnba, and most woman sports are not on equal pay terms for the proper reasons, and the complaining is ridiculous from a financial standpoint, but the woman soccer in the US might be the exception.
that was an old interview that she said those things.. and i don’t think public money goes to the federations, so they get paid from their own deals with the womans soccer federation, they are actually suing, because they get 90 k a year to play and the men get 250k a year, so they sued.. and guess what, they are gonna win, because the investigation showed they made the federation more money.. hahaha.. fuckers..