Yo cuf,
Stick with those Firestones.
It's not you bringing this suit is it?
>> NIKE ADMITS TIGER PLAYS DIFFERENT BALL THAN IS SOLD TO PUBLIC
Associated Press
San Francisco
August 22, 2000
Tiger Woods endorses "Nike Tour Accuracy" golf balls in TV and magazine ads, but he really plays with custom-made balls unavailable to everyday duffers, Nike acknowledged today after being sued in federal court.
Nike Inc. said the balls Woods uses for his monster swings that produce 300-plus-yard drives have a slightly harder inner and outer core than the balls sold to the public.
"Those two elements are slightly firmer than the marketed ball," Mike Kelly, marketing director for Nike Golf, told The Associated Press.
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In the suit filed today in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, a nonprofit group called Public Remedies Inc. claimed Nike, based in Beaverton, Ore., was engaging in unfair business practices. It asks that Nike's "ill-gotten gains'' be restored to the public.
"Tiger Woods does not play the Nike Tour Accuracy golf ball, but instead plays one with a different composition and performance characteristics specially made for him ... and not available to the general public,'' the suit said.
The group did not return repeated calls for comment. <<
Whoops! Late Breaking. Forget them Firestones.
>> NIKE PLANS LAUNCH OF EXACT BALL TIGER PLAYS
Associated Press
Akron, Ohio
August 24, 2000 <<
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