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A former Adidas employee explains how Adidas passed on endorsing Michael Jordan in 1984 | For The Win
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Joe Pompliano on Twitter: "2) Michael Jordan and his agent, the legendary David Falk, aggressively pitched Adidas on making MJ their feature athlete. Adidas declined — refusing to even make an offer,
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