Sorority sisters are now "campus athletes," according to Nike.
Nike has been a mainstay in college sports locker rooms for decades, and currently outfits more than half of Division I FBS football programs. Now, the brand is sponsoring sororities during rush week.
Throughout August, Nike sponsored rush events for at least six sororities at colleges across the country, including South Carolina, Alabama, Texas, and Arizona State.
Nike supplied some of its latest training, running, and streetwear products to sisters, who donned the gear in videos posted to their personal and sorority-wide social media channels—often to the tune of millions of views. Giant Nike-branded banners featured prominently in the background of most videos, usually unfurled over the stone columns of the chapters’ Greek Revival houses.
Nike’s play is new, but sorority rush has been an annual fixation for a while.
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