sportingnews.com - 9/4/2008
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Reebok wants Keith Rivers to buy $11K worth of No. 58 jerseys that will now be useless.
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Deep Posts: Young man, wear that jersey with pride
Shutdown Corner —
... wants to change his number from 58 to 55, which
he whore in college. Reebok, who already has a ton of #58 jerseys printed, would
like Keith Rivers to give them $11,000. ...
RIVERS CAN’T DRIVE 55
ProFootballTalk.com —
... ). It proved to be a smart move by Rivers. With Brooks getting cut, Rivers had a clear path to No. 55. Um, maybe not. The folks at Reebok, who have been manufacturing jerseys with No. 58 adorning the front and the back, want Rivers to fork over $11,000 before he can switch to No. 55. Last year, former Raiders receiver Jerry Porter ...
Friday morning links and notes -- for $11,000, Rivers can have 55
Cincy Jungle —
... When I first thought of this story, I wondered why is Reebok milking Rivers for $11,000 to change his jersey number. I mean, they want to sell out the stock of "58' jerseys, ...
Chad Ocho Cinco is a no go
Sports Business Digest —
... So, it looks like if Ocho Cinco wants his name on the back of his shirt, he’s going to be giving some money to Reebok to cover whatever production costs they suffered. Reebok asked Cincinnati Bengals Linebacker Keith Rivers to pay $11K last week to cover his number change, Chad Johnson will probably be paying considerably more money based on his popularity and the number of jerseys that are produced. ...
Related: keith rivers name change
RIVERS GETS HIS 55
profootballtalk.com 9/5/2008 — Despite a report that Bengals linebacker Keith Rivers would have to fork over $11,000 to change his jersey from 58 to 55, Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com reports that Rivers now has the number.
It’s unclear whether Rivers finagled the number without ...
Chad Ocho Cinco or Chad Johnson? —
Every Morning Quarterback
National Football League Blogcast, NFL Blogcast
The NFL prohibited receiver Chad Johnson (or Chad Ocho Cinco or whatever his name is) from wearing “Ocho Cinco” on the back of his jersey today because of a potential financial dispute with Reebok. Just this week, Reebok didn’t want to allow Bengals linebacker Keith Rivers to change his number from 58 to 55 until he bought $11,000 in unsold ...
NFL to Kevin Smith: Our Marketing is More Important Than Your Happiness —
FanHouse
After initially denying Keith Rivers the ability to change jersey numbers without forking over $11,000, Rivers is going to have the ability to wear the number that he wanted. Kevin Smith ? We're still not sure. The league originally told Smith that he couldn't change from no. 34 to 24, which he wore in college, because he wore "34" in the rookie photo shoot, and the number appears on all of ...
The Morning Constitutional —
The Sporting Blog
A Soccer Fight Like No Other ... | Joe Sports Fan
Four cops beating up one guy equals really tough officers. Angry mob of hundreds beating up four cops equals run for the hills:
Reebok Politely Asks Rookie For $11,000 | FirstCuts
Multi-million dollar company wants rookie Keith Rivers to hand over thousands to change his number from 58 to 55.
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