Nike was in the wrong here, but they didn’t drop her because she was pregnant. They didn’t even drop her as a client. Felix walked away during contract negotiations.
They were wrong because they demanded she return to training ASAP and keep her performance the same right after giving birth - an impossible standard.
Due to Felix, Nike has now announced that women who give birth have 18 months to return to form before they will apply for performance based reductions.
Felix was definitely shafted by Nike, but it’s not so clear cut as “pregnant, therefore she’s cut”
Supreme_Logic_420 on October 8th, 2019 at 13:20 UTC »
she’s wearing a nike suit in the photo
closet_transformer on October 8th, 2019 at 14:45 UTC »
A bit misleading in the title.
Nike was in the wrong here, but they didn’t drop her because she was pregnant. They didn’t even drop her as a client. Felix walked away during contract negotiations.
They were wrong because they demanded she return to training ASAP and keep her performance the same right after giving birth - an impossible standard.
Due to Felix, Nike has now announced that women who give birth have 18 months to return to form before they will apply for performance based reductions.
Felix was definitely shafted by Nike, but it’s not so clear cut as “pregnant, therefore she’s cut”
Full article here
JADX00 on October 8th, 2019 at 15:14 UTC »
Which bolt record did she break ?