Man, just look at that genius, subliminal logo placement in the thumbnail. That big glowing Nike logo is so subliminal that it transcends subliminality and becomes glaringly obvious instead. Sometimes, subtlety is better discarded in favor of boldness. That’s what I’m doing right now. Boldly putting the Nike logo next to Trevor Ariza’s head in order to curry favor with the big shoe company.
Since I have selflessly provided free advertising to Nike with this video, here are my demands:
-$100,000 cash. You know how many people are going to see this thumbnail? I don’t, but it’s probably a lot.
-Another $100,000 cash. You can’t put a dollar value on human eyeballs gazing upon your logo. Except you can. And I just did. The dollar value is $100,000.
-A pair of shoes that will help me dunk. And I’m not talking just some wimpy air cushions or something. These have to be rocket-powered to get my average-height self high enough in the air do throw one down. If you play your cards right, maybe I’ll even let you call them the “DTB Rocket-Force 1’s” and sell them to vertically-challenged kids at a huge markup (I get royalties, of course).
-A mini-donut machine for my living room. Nike doesn’t make mini-donut machines but they can probably get a good deal on one, given that a global sportswear conglomerate has a lot more bargaining power than just one dude who has an obsession with freshly-fried mini-donuts covered in cinnamon-sugar.
-You know what, just throw another $100,000 in there.
If Nike refuses to comply with my demands (which are quite reasonable, in my opinion), then I will have no choice but to photoshop the thumbnail of the video to contain the Under Armor logo instead.