Showing posts with label A-rod. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A-rod. Show all posts

Friday, February 13, 2009

The brand ID of Primobol

Less about A-rod and more about shady pharmaceutical companies. A-Rod took primobol, a steroid that gives you greater power and speed without the bulk. That sounds great to me. Probably sounded great to A-Rod too but as it turns out, he didn't know what he was taking.
It would be interesting to find out that a major pharma corporation like Pfizer or Perdue developed and distributed primobol. Unfortunately, there isn't much information about it. And since 2003, the last--supposed--time A-Rod took steroids, it is hard to tell who was the leader in the steroid-producing industry. Top athletes can turn to better resources--like Canseco--than this, but the most reputable steroid manufacturer on the blogosphere is BD, that's British Dragon. In the past and present, Verdantic has been entrusted by clients to advise on branding and logo treatments, but never as dire as this. This is just terrifying. This would be scary to see on the cover of a comic book and even scarier to see on something that will be injected into your body.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Organic: Marijauna or Steroids?

This week, two leaders in their respective sports fell from glory. Michael Phelps for a bong rip photo taken last year and Alex Rodriguez testing positive for steroids in 2003. Which millionaire can we condone and which to we hang? Verdantic says let Phelps keep his million dollar sponsors and thwart A-Rod from the record books along with Canseco, Clemens, McGwire and Palmeiro. Above all, as far as Verdantic is concerned, Phelps is all-natural and A-rod is an inorganic compound.
Phelps is not a cheater. He shouldn't have to publicly apologize to his million facebook fans. In fact, if he wasn't such a teenage heart throb, image and role-modelness wouldn't matter nearly as much. But since he is, he's worth millions in sponsorships to the tween market. Doubters like Kellogg's who rescinded their contracts will be back in 2012.
A-Rod cheated baseball and baseball fans. He also cheated on his wife. Let him keep his $28M annual salary and if the Yankees can squeeze a public apology out of him, that could actually help his image and reputation.
P.S.: I'm currently blogging live from Boston, where marijuana has recently been decriminalized and A-rod is detested.