Nike to waive performance targets for pregnant athletes, says report
NEW YORK, May 25 — Sportswear giant Nike will waive performance-based targets for 12 months for any of their pregnant athletes after several runners revealed they had their payments frozen, according to aAmerican middle distance runner Alysia Montano and British distance runner Jo Pavey both said earlier this month that Nike had stopped their sponsorship payments while pregnant.
Sponsorship agreements with athletes typically include clauses that reduce payments if they do not reach performance-based targets. The company told Reuters on May 16 it still had performance-based payment reduction clauses in their agreements, but they had changed their policy last year so that no female athletes would be “penalised financially for pregnancy”.added yesterday that Nike would waive performance-pay reductions for 12 months for athletes who have a baby and said they could do more.
“We’ve recognised Nike, Inc., can do more, and there is an important opportunity for the sports industry collectively to evolve to better support female athletes,” Sandra Carreon-John, a Nike spokeswoman, said in a emailed statement to the newspaper. — Reuters
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