Nike signs on as official sponsor for USA Track & Field
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:
USA Track & Field is the United States national governing body for the sports of track and field, cross country running, road running and racewalking . The USATF was known for a number of years as The Athletics Congress after its spin off from the Amateur Athletic Union , which governed the sport in the US through most of the 20th century until the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 dissolved its responsibility.