Nike signs on as official sponsor for UCLA Bruins
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 UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I . UCLA has the most decorated athletic program in NCAA history, with 108 NCAA team championships. UCLA is the only school with a No. 1 overall pick in the MLB , NFL , NBA and MLS drafts. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton were top picks in the NBA, Troy Aikman in the NFL, Chris Chambliss and Gerrit Cole in the MLB, and Tahj Jakins, Steve Shak, Marvell Wynne and Chance Myers in the MLS. UCLA is the only school with winners in top football , men's basketball , baseball awards: Trevor Bauer , Gary Beban , Marques Johnson and Ed O'Bannon .
