QUOTE(shoegoe @ Mar 7 2007, 01:07 AM)

anyone else notice the pop up on nomisfootball.com , guess adidas didn't like the kewell campaign

, musta won a case or something, bit of humble pie to eat, heh
QUOTE(Aussie Blue @ Mar 7 2007, 08:15 AM)

The biggest worry I found in that was "d. Nomis branded footwear does not provide better grip than adidas branded footwear, whether in dry or wet conditions". Isn't that almost the whole of the Nomis selling point? Having to say it's BS must be close to fraudulent advertising no? I mean if I, as I was, was to be trying to decide between Preds or Sparks & went with Sparks on the basis tha they give more control then have I not been rorted?
I'm hardly going to ring the ACCC but it would seem a fair call to make.
Come on, does that retraction sound very sincere to you? Because adidas has more money and power than nomis they've gone and got a court order or put other legal pressure to force nomis to withdraw those statements. Its bullshit and typical of adidas. Or have we all forgotten when they threatened soccerpulse with legal action if we allowed pictures of unreleased adidas to be posted?
To be honest, nomis' marketing has targeted adidas more than anyone else, with the whole kewell thing and that video where they compared sparks and gloves with manias. Also they're probably pretty pissed that a former top empolyee has gone out on his own in direct competition with them. Not to mention that on the surface the original boots (spark, glove) seemed to resemble preds (elastic tounge, sole config, basic sillouette etc). But thats still no reason to legally muscle them into this sort of situation.
I wonder if anyone had the time/cash/balls (and could be bothered) if you could get a similar retraction out of adidas, proving that the predator and powerpulse tecnology is bullshit, and has been for years? Of course you could, only no one has all of those things.
And AB, if you like the boots, and youve seemed to be pretty happy with them, wtf would you call the accc? I for one am going to stay loyal, right until i see or hear a confession from simon himself saying the whole thing was a scam.