Nike signs on as for Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world's leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$18.6 billion in its fiscal year 2008 . As of 2008, it employed more than 30,000 people worldwide. Nike and Precision Castparts are the only Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the state of Oregon, according to The Oregonian.
About Property:
The Fairleigh Dickinson Knights refer to the 17 sports teams representing Fairleigh Dickinson University's metropolitan campus in Teaneck and Hackensack, New Jersey in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis, and track. Women's-only sports include bowling, fencing, softball, and volleyball and the men's-only teams include baseball and golf. The Knights compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Northeast Conference.