Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: belief
25 Jul 2023 Acquired Nike
“Trade-offs, I think there are two things. None of this would have happened if Jordan didn't turn out to be Jordan.”
Source trail
Everything needed to verify it.
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 25 Jul 2023
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Nike
Transcript context
…Wow. I always wanted to think of the story as like, wow, Jordan took some risk, and it paid off big on the back end. It paid off immediately, and he had to make no trade-offs to do it. He got the cash guarantees, he got the royalty upside, it happened immediately, and it only got bigger from there. Trade-offs, I think there are two things. None of this would have happened if Jordan didn't turn out to be Jordan. Totally. In fact, that's literally true. What were the three clauses? If he didn't either win Rookie of the Year, win the NBA Finals, or win the MVP or something, there was an out in the contract.…
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