He has a touchdown in today's game against the Miami Dolphins, but New England tight end Patriots Martellus Bennett hasn't been happy with everything as of late.
Yesterday, one of the NFL's most outspoken players went on a lengthy rant about Adidas, specifically targeting the brand's customer service on the exclusive merchandise website for endorsed players and reps. Bennett finds the process to place an order a bit tedious, saying that he'd rather have an owl deliver his purchase. Seriously. He added that Nike's website, while not perfect, provides a better user experience and even teased making the jump to Under Armour.
After wearing custom Air Jordan 7 cleats for the past few seasons, Bennett says he's currently signed with Adidas, though probably not for long. In recent weeks, he's been wearing cleats by Reebok, an Adidas subsidiary. With a history of foot injuries, Bennett is very specific about his game cleats.
Bennett's rant later shifted to NFL shoe deals in general, saying that players are essentially used for their likeness and there's no real money to be made unless you're a quarterback.
Man the adidas players rep merch/shopping website is an absolute horrible user experience. They know it too.
They send a PDF with instructions on how to use it lol. May as well deliver this shit by Owl to complete the experience.
At least seeing the owl would give me some sense of oh man that's really cool adidas.
I imagine ordering a wife online is similar to ordering shoes on this adidas website.
I may as well stand in line and get stuff, it takes about the same amount of time.
I mean seriously it's like oh those are cool. I would like a pair of those for my feet they'd look good with my #footballMarty (sponsor)
Let me get a pair. It takes about 1053 clicks to put one pair of shoes in your cart and ship it to your home. Oh don't try to ship it to a
Friend with a different address that's about 2643 clicks.
Companies do this shit all the time focus on the product which is cool at best and forget about the overall user experience. UX
The @nike website is a far better experience and they still use a flash based website that you need to refresh more often than a
Waiter is taught to refill your water at a Chinese buffet.
I know I'm not Von Miller @adidasfootball but damn help a brother out.
I'm going to be a shoe free agent by the time I get on the plane this afternoon. That's cool thought. I deserve a better user experience.
@UnderArmour what's up?
I may just takes some cleats to China (make America great again slogan here) and design my own cleats for next season. The Uncle Smartys
I'd rather sign to a shoe company as a designer than an athlete. All they really give football players is free merch. Not like BBall deals
At least that way I can build a legacy. All we do is hold up other people's products. Selling our likeness. But once you're done playing
Your likeness is doo doo. Unless you're a QB for the most part in the football world. Who really getting money that's not on sports shows?
They pay 000.00012 percent to an athlete who then builds that companies brand by 1009% using their likeness who makes 5000% off of them
