Before he leaves to head the nationâ??s premier sports governing body, Mark Emmert may have a showdown with the worldâ??s leading athletics apparel provider. Emmert, who now serves president of the University of Washington and will soon become chief of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, has been urged not to renew the universityâ??s licensing agreement with Nike. In a Tuesday letter to the president, the universityâ??s Advisory Committee on Trademarks and Licensing relayed its unanimous decision that the agreement be severed, barring a satisfactory resolution to an ongoing labor dispute between Nike and Honduran workers.
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